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check digit

In computing, a digit attached to an important code number as a validation check.



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The check digit is a number that is calculated by applying a special formula to all of the other numbers.
To ensure safe and error free reading and scanning of barcodes, all common barcode symbologies support so called checksum or check digit schemes.
 
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