echo check

[ e-koh chek ]

/ ˈɛ koʊ ˌtʃɛk /

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noun

a quality check and error-control technique for data transferred over a computer network or other communications link, in which the data received is stored and also transmitted back to its point of origin, where it is compared with the original data.

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Origin of echo check

First recorded in 1945–50

Words nearby echo check

echo boomer, echocardiogram, echocardiograph, echocardiography, echo chamber, echo check, echoencephalogram, echoencephalograph, echogenic, echogram, echograph