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We have already passed over rudimentary error correction in the form of both parity checking and the cyclic redundancy check. Table 3.2 shows an example of vertical parity checking in conjunction with horizontal parity checking. The purpose of that particular example was to illustrate that some of the shortcomings of the simple horizontal parity check could be overcome. If, however, only a single-bit error occurs then the bit which is intersected by both horizontal and vertical parity errors will be the bit in error, and it can be corrected.
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Houghton, A. (2001). Error Correction by Parity. In: Error Coding for Engineers. The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, vol 641. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1509-8_4
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