Definitions for "Hamming Code"
A code used to detect and correct errors in individual bits of transmitted data. The Hamming code adds three check (verification) bits to the end of each four bits of data. Each check bit is a calculated value representing some combination of three of the four data bits. When recalculated by the receiving device, these check bits can be used to determine whether each of the four data bits was received correctly, and they can, in some circumstances, be used to correct erroneous bits.
An error-detecting and error correcting binary code, used in data transmission, that can detect all single- and double-bit errors and correct all single-bit errors.
A code using redundant bits as a means of detecting transmission errors.