What is the Hamming Code?

1.	What is the Hamming Code?
Answer» The Hamming code is a set of error-correction codes that can be used to detect and fix errors that can arise when DATA is transferred or stored from one source to ANOTHER. Redundant bits are extra BINARY bits that are created and ADDED to the data TRANSFER's information-carrying bits to ensure that no bits are lost during the data transfer. A parity bit is a bit that is appended to binary data to verify that the total number of 1s is even or odd. Error detection is done with parity bits. The Hamming Code is essentially the use of additional parity bits to allow for error detection.

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