checksum

checksum

English

Etymology

check +‎ sum

Noun

checksum (plural checksums)

1. (mathematics, computing) A number, derived by applying a suitable algorithm to some data, used to check whether errors have occurred in transmission, storage or data entry.

Translations

number serving to detect error

Afrikaans: kontrolesom Arabic: تَدْقِيق مَجْمُوع‎ m (tadqīq majmūʿ) Catalan: suma de verificació f, checksum m Chinese: Mandarin: 校驗和／校验和 (jiàoyànhé), 檢查和／检查和 (jiǎncháhé) Czech: kontrolní součet m Dutch: controlecijfer n, checksum Esperanto: kontrolsumo Estonian: kontrollsumma Finnish: tarkiste, tarkistussumma (fi), tarkastussumma French: somme de contrôle (fr) f German: Prüfsumme (de) f Greek: άθροισμα ελέγχου n (áthroisma elénchou) Hebrew: סכום ביקורת‎ m Hungarian: ellenőrző összeg Icelandic: prófsumma f, gátsumma f Japanese: チェックサム (chekkusamu) Korean: 체크섬 (chekeuseom) Norwegian: sjekksum m Polish: suma kontrolna f Portuguese: checksum m, soma de verificação f Russian: контро́льная су́мма f (kontrólʹnaja súmma) Serbo-Croatian: kontrolni zbir, provjerni zbir m, proverni zbir m Slovak: kontrolný súčet m Spanish: suma de verificación f, checksum m Swedish: kontrollsumma c Turkish: sağlama toplamı, sınama toplamı, (aviation) kontrol hanesi Vietnamese: giá trị kiểm tra, giá trị tổng kiểm (vi)

Verb

checksum (third-person singular simple present checksums, present participle checksumming, simple past and past participle checksummed)

1. (mathematics, computing) To compute a checksum.

See also

• cyclic redundancy check / CRC

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Portuguese

Noun

checksum m (plural checksums)

1. checksum (number serving to detect error)

   Synonym: soma de verificação