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As a total layman when it comes to storage: Don't they use forward correcting codes to make sure a single bad bit can reliably be detected and flipped without a
by mahathu 4y ago
As a total layman when it comes to storage: Don't they use forward correcting codes to make sure a single bad bit can reliably be detected and flipped without affecting the data at all? Or are these used only for data transmission?
- d110af5ccf 4y agoThe vast majority of file formats do not do such things. Such a concern is (typically) out of scope for that layer. Even most data transmission components don't use forward correcting codes. They typically just have error detection.