noun
error-detecting code; self-checking code
Technical computing term for a code that allows detection of errors in data transmission or storage.
通信では、誤り検出符号を使ってデータの破損を検出する。
In communication, error-detecting codes are used to detect data corruption.
誤り検出符号 only detects errors, while 誤り訂正符号 can also correct them.
Compound of 誤り (error), 検出 (detection), and 符号 (code). A straightforward technical term with no special historical derivation.