Fletcher's checksum

The Fletcher checksum is an algorithm for computing a position-dependent checksum devised by John G. Fletcher (1934–2012) at Lawrence Livermore Labs in the late 1970s.^[1] The objective of the Fletcher checksum was to provide error-detection properties approaching those of a cyclic redundancy check but with the lower computational effort associated with summation techniques.

^ Fletcher, J. G. (January 1982). "An Arithmetic Checksum for Serial Transmissions". IEEE Transactions on Communications. COM-30 (1): 247–252. doi:10.1109/tcom.1982.1095369.

[1] Fletcher, J. G. (January 1982). "An Arithmetic Checksum for Serial Transmissions". IEEE Transactions on Communications. COM-30 (1): 247–252. doi:10.1109/tcom.1982.1095369.

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