CHECKSUM

An error-checking scheme in data communications.When a packet of data is sent,the total of the ASCII character numbers represented by the data is sent along also.At the receiving end,the ASCII characters are totaled,and that sum is compared to the checksum.If they donât agree,thereâs been an error in transmission.

See also: QUICK TIME , ADDRESS RESOLUTION , BBS , ANONYMOUS FTP , ICQ

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A S I	abend	abort
acceptable use...	ACCESS CONTROL...	ACCESS PRIVILA...
ACCESS PROVIDER	ACM	ACME
ACROBAT	ACRONYM	ACTIVATE
ACTIVE WINDOW	ACTIVE X	ACU
ADAPTEC	ADD-IN	ADDRESS
ADDRESS BAR	ADDRESS BUS	ADDRESS MASK
ADDRESS RESOLU...	ADDRESSING	ADN
ADSL	AGENT	AGP
AIFF	AIX	ALERT
ALGORITHM	ALIAS	ALIGNMENT
ALPHA TEST	ALPHA TESTING	ALT-attribute
ALTAVISTA	ANALOG	ANALOGLINE
ANCHOR	ANIMATED GIF	ANN
ANONYMOUS FTP	ANSI	ANTI-ALIASING
ANTIVIRUS SOFT...	AOL NetFind	API
APPLET	ARCHIE	ARCHITECTURE
ARCHIVE	ARCHIVE SITE	ARJ
ARP	ARPA	ARTICLE
AS	ASCII	ASCII table
ASCII value	ASP	ASPECT RATIO
ATM	ATTACHMENTS	ATTRIBUTE
AU	AUTHENTICATION	AVATAR
AVI

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