Meanings
nounFletcher's checksum (plural Fletcher's checksums)
plural Fletcher's checksums · alternative Fletcher checksum
- computingA kind of position-dependent checksum intended to provide error-detection properties approaching those of a cyclic redundancy check but with less computation.
Origin
Devised by John G. Fletcher (1934–2012) in the late 1970s.
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