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  2. Message authentication code - Wikipedia

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    Message authentication code. In cryptography, a message authentication code ( MAC ), sometimes known as an authentication tag, is a short piece of information used for authenticating and integrity -checking a message. In other words, to confirm that the message came from the stated sender (its authenticity) and has not been changed (its integrity).

  3. Low-density parity-check code - Wikipedia

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    The sub-optimal decoding techniques view each parity check that makes up the LDPC as an independent single parity check (SPC) code. Each SPC code is decoded separately using soft-in-soft-out (SISO) techniques such as SOVA, BCJR, MAP, and other derivates thereof. The soft decision information from each SISO decoding is cross-checked and updated ...

  4. Check mark - Wikipedia

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    A check or check mark ( American English ), checkmark ( Philippine English ), tickmark ( Indian English) or tick ( Australian, New Zealand and British English) is a mark ( , , etc.) used in many countries, including the English-speaking world, to indicate the concept "yes" (e.g. "yes; this has been verified", "yes; that is the correct answer ...

  5. Postal codes in the Czech Republic - Wikipedia

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    115 03 Praha 1. On postal items being sent from abroad it is recommended to prepend the postal code with the ISO 3166-1 two-letter code of the country and a dash: Na Příkopě 28. CZ-115 03 Praha 1. the Czech Republic. On envelopes and postcards there are usually five rectangular boxes below the address field for the postal code digits.

  6. Wire transfer - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Wire transfer, bank transfer, or credit transfer, is a method of electronic funds transfer from one person or entity to another. A wire transfer can be made from one bank account to another bank account, or through a transfer of cash at a cash office. Different wire transfer systems and operators provide a variety of options relative ...

  7. ZIP Code - Wikipedia

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    A 1974 postage stamp encouraging people to use the ZIP Code on letters and parcels. A ZIP Code (an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan [1]) is a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS). The term ZIP was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently and quickly [2] ( zipping along) when senders use the ...

  8. Ternary Golay code - Wikipedia

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    The code can also be constructed as the quadratic residue code of length 11 over the finite field F 3 (i.e., the Galois Field GF(3)). Used in a football pool with 11 games, the ternary Golay code corresponds to 729 bets and guarantees exactly one bet with at most 2 wrong outcomes. The set of codewords with Hamming weight 5 is a 3-(11,5,4) design.

  9. Outsourcing - Wikipedia

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    Outsourcing is a business practice in which companies use external providers to carry out business processes that would otherwise be handled internally, or in-house. ...