Definition: Error detecting character

Category: UN - Data editing terminology

Character added to the basic characters of the code word. Its relationship to the basic charactersis specified previously. The relationship is specified so that typical errors in the code word transmitted break this relationship. http://www1.unece.org/stat/platform/display/kbase/Glossary
Source:
Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations (UNECE), The Knowledge Base on Statistical Data Editing, Online glossary developed by the UNECE Data Editing Group, 2000
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