Reed-Solomon is also used in parity files (Parchive [1]) which were especially popular in the newsgroup/usenet days. > parity files could be created that were

Reed-Solomon is also used in parity files (Parchive [1]) which were especially popular in the newsgroup/usenet days. > parity files could be created that were then uploaded along with the original data files. If any of the data files were damaged or lost while being propagated between Usenet servers, users could download parity files and use them to reconstruct the damaged or missing files. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parchive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parchive