block check character (BCC)

block check character (BCC): A character added to a transmission block to facilitate error detection. Note: In longitudinal redundancy checking and cyclic redundancy checking, block check characters are computed for, and added to, each message block transmitted. This block check character is compared with a second block check character computed by the receiver to determine whether the transmission is error free.

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