Definition: Error detecting characters (check digit)

Category: UN - Data editing terminology

Code or given set of code words whose relationship to the set of valid codes is known, such that when a transcription error occurs, the relationship is violated and the error is detected with certainty or very high probability. http://www1.unece.org/stat/platform/display/kbase/Glossary
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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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