 ##  [Error Correction](/error-correction) 

  ##  [Error Correction](https://natural.quantumdictionary.io/error-correction-0) 

  
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**Natural &amp; Formal Sciences Dictionary**

 
Definition

Methods that add and exploit structured redundancy to detect and recover original data that has been corrupted by noise during transmission or storage, using encoding and corresponding decoding procedures.