Software engineers have a bad habit of being very optimistic. This optimism often doesn’t just include their calculation on how long it will take for a specific task to be completed but also on ...

To ensure data integrity, it's wise to frequently calculate file checksums. The C program in Listing 1 calculates the checksum of a file using a 16-bit CRC (cyclic redundancy check). The program ...

I'm working on a connectivity library for IoT devices. A serious part of every communication protocol is the data integrity check. You send a collection of bytes to another machine and that machine ...