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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cacology \Ca*col"o*gy\, n. [Gr. [?][?][?][?] bad + -logy: cf. F. cacologie.] Bad speaking; bad choice or use of words. --Buchanan. | |
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Cassia \Cas"sia\, n. [L. cassia and casia, Gr. [?] and [?]; of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. qets[c6][be]h, fr. q[be]tsa' to cut off, to peel off.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants (herbs, shrubs, or trees) of many species, most of which have purgative qualities. The leaves of several species furnish the senna used in medicine. 2. The bark of several species of {Cinnamomum} grown in China, etc.; Chinese cinnamon. It is imported as {cassia}, but commonly sold as cinnamon, from which it differs more or less in strength and flavor, and the amount of outer bark attached. Note: The medicinal [bd]cassia[b8] (Cassia pulp) is the laxative pulp of the pods of a leguminous tree ({Cassia fistula} or Pudding-pipe tree), native in the East Indies but naturalized in various tropical countries. {Cassia bark}, the bark of {Cinnamomum cassia}, etc. The coarser kinds are called {Cassia lignea}, and are often used to adulterate true cinnamon. {Cassia buds}, the dried flower buds of several species of cinnamon ({Cinnamomum cassia}, atc..). {Cassia oil}, oil extracted from cassia bark and cassia buds; -- called also {oil of cinnamon}. | |
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Casualism \Cas"u*al*ism\, n. The doctrine that all things exist or are controlled by chance. | |
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Casualist \Cas"u*al*ist\, n. One who believes in casualism. | |
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Hen's-foot \Hen's-foot`\, n. (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant ({Caucalis daucoides}). | |
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Causeless \Cause"less\, adv. Without cause or reason. | |
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Causeless \Cause"less\, a. 1. Self-originating; uncreated. 2. Without just or sufficient reason; groundless. My fears are causeless and ungrounded. --Denham. | |
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Causelessness \Cause"less*ness\, n. The state of being causeless. | |
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Ceaseless \Cease"less\, a. Without pause or end; incessant. | |
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Ceaseless \Cease"less\, adv. Without intermission or end. | |
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Chasselas \Chas"se*las\, n. [F., from the village of Chasselas.] A white grape, esteemed for the table. | |
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Check \Check\, n. [OE. chek, OF. eschec, F. [82]chec, a stop, hindrance, orig. check in the game of chess, pl. [82]checs chess, through AR., fr. Pers. sh[be]h king. See {Shah}, and cf. {Checkmate}, {Chess}, {Checker}.] 1. (Chess) A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece, expose it to immediate capture. A king so menaced is said to be in check, and must be made safe at the next move. 2. A condition of interrupted or impeded progress; arrest; stop; delay; as, to hold an enemy in check. Which gave a remarkable check to the first progress of Christianity. --Addison. No check, no stay, this streamlet fears. --Wordsworth. 3. Whatever arrests progress, or limits action; an obstacle, guard, restraint, or rebuff. Useful check upon the administration of government. --Washington. A man whom no check could abash. --Macaulay. 4. A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified; as, checks placed against items in an account; a check given for baggage; a return check on a railroad. 5. A written order directing a bank or banker to pay money as therein stated. See {Bank check}, below. 6. A woven or painted design in squares resembling the patten of a checkerboard; one of the squares of such a design; also, cloth having such a figure. 7. (Falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds. 8. Small chick or crack. {Bank check}, a written order on a banker or broker to pay money in his keeping belonging to the signer. {Check book}, a book containing blank forms for checks upon a bank. {Check hook}, a hook on the saddle of a harness, over which a checkrein is looped. {Check list}, a list or catalogue by which things may be verified, or on which they may be checked. {Check nut} (Mech.), a secondary nut, screwing down upon the primary nut to secure it. --Knight. {Check valve} (Mech.), a valve in the feed pipe of a boiler to prevent the return of the feed water. {To take check}, to take offense. [Obs.] --Dryden. Syn: Hindrance; setback; interruption; obstruction; reprimand; censure; rebuke; reproof; repulse; rebuff; tally; counterfoil; counterbalance; ticket; draft. | |
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Checkless \Check"less\, a. That can not be checked or restrained. | |
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d8Chachalaca \[d8]Cha`cha*la"ca\, n. [Native name, prob. given in imitation of its cry.] (Zo[94]l.) The Texan guan ({Ortalis vetula}). [written also {chiacalaca}.] | |
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Balata \Bal"a*ta\, n. [Sp., prob. fr. native name.] 1. A West Indian sapotaceous tree ({Bumelia retusa}). 2. The bully tree ({Minusops globosa}); also, its milky juice ({); also, its milky juice (}), which when dried constitutes an elastic gum called {chicle}, or {chicle gum}. | |
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Chicle \Chic"le\, n., Chicle gum \Chicle gum\ [Amer. Sp. chicle.] A gumlike substance obtained from the bully tree ({Mimusops globosa}) and sometimes also from the naseberry or sapodilla ({Sapota zapotilla}). It is more plastic than caoutchouc and more elastic than gutta-percha, as an adulterant of which it is used in England. It is used largely in the United States in making chewing gum. | |
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Balata \Bal"a*ta\, n. [Sp., prob. fr. native name.] 1. A West Indian sapotaceous tree ({Bumelia retusa}). 2. The bully tree ({Minusops globosa}); also, its milky juice ({); also, its milky juice (}), which when dried constitutes an elastic gum called {chicle}, or {chicle gum}. | |
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Chicle \Chic"le\, n., Chicle gum \Chicle gum\ [Amer. Sp. chicle.] A gumlike substance obtained from the bully tree ({Mimusops globosa}) and sometimes also from the naseberry or sapodilla ({Sapota zapotilla}). It is more plastic than caoutchouc and more elastic than gutta-percha, as an adulterant of which it is used in England. It is used largely in the United States in making chewing gum. | |
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d8Chose \[d8]Chose\, n.; pl. {Choses}. [F., fr. L. causa cause, reason. See {Cause}.] (Law) A thing; personal property. {Chose in action}, a thing of which one has not possession or actual enjoyment, but only a right to it, or a right to demand it by action at law, and which does not exist at the time in specie; a personal right to a thing not reduced to possession, but recoverable by suit at law; as a right to recover money due on a contract, or damages for a tort, which can not be enforced against a reluctant party without suit. {Chose in possession}, a thing in possession, as distinguished from a thing in action. {Chose local}, a thing annexed to a place, as a mill. {Chose transitory}, a thing which is movable. --Cowell. Blount. | |
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Chuck-Will's-widow \Chuck`-Will's-wid"ow\, n. (Zool.) A species of goatsucker ({Antrostomus Carolinensis}), of the southern United States; -- so called from its note. | |
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Multum \Mul"tum\, n. An extract of quassia licorice, fraudulently used by brewers in order to economize malt and hops. --Craig. {Hard multum}, a preparation made from {Cocculus Indicus}, etc., used to impart an intoxicating quality to beer. | |
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Calumba \Ca*lum"ba\, n. [from kalumb, its native name in Mozambique.] (Med.) The root of a plant ({Jateorrhiza Calumba}, and probably {Cocculus palmatus}), indigenous in Mozambique. It has an unpleasantly bitter taste, and is used as a tonic and antiseptic. [Written also {colombo}, {columbo}, and {calombo}.] {American calumba}, the {Frasera Carolinensis}, also called {American gentian}. Its root has been used in medicine as bitter tonic in place of calumba. | |
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Cockaleekie \Cock`a*leek"ie\, n. [From cock + leek.] A favorite soup in Scotland, made from a capon highly seasoned, and boiled with leeks and prunes. | |
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Cockieleekie \Cock`ie*leek"ie\, n. Same as {Cockaleekie}. | |
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Cockle \Coc"kle\ (k[ocr]k"k'l), n. [OE. cockes cockles, AS. s[aemac]coccas sea cockles, prob, from Celtic; cf. W. cocs cockles, Gael. cochull husk. Perh. influenced by F. coquille shell, a dim. from the root of E. conch. Cf. {Coach}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A bivalve mollusk, with radiating ribs, of the genus {Cardium}, especially {C. edule}, used in Europe for food; -- sometimes applied to similar shells of other genera. 2. A cockleshell. 3. The mineral black tourmaline or schorl; -- so called by the Cornish miners. --Raymond. 4. The fire chamber of a furnace. [Eng.] --Knight. 5. A hop-drying kiln; an oast. --Knight. 6. The dome of a heating furnace. --Knight. {Cockle hat}, a hat ornamented with a cockleshell, the badge of a pilgrim. --Shak. {Cockle stairs}, winding or spiral stairs. | |
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Cockleshell \Coc"kle*shell`\, n. 1. One of the shells or valves of a cockle. 2. A light boat. To board the cockleshell in those plunding waters. --W. Black. | |
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Job \Job\, n. The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the typical patient man. {Job's comforter}. (a) A false friend; a tactless or malicious person who, under pretense of sympathy, insinuates rebukes. (b) A boil. [Colloq.] {Job's news}, bad news. --Carlyle. {Job's tears} (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Coix Lacryma}), with hard, shining, pearly grains. | |
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Couchless \Couch"less\ (kouch"l?s), a. Having no couch or bed. | |
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d8Coxalgia \[d8]Cox*al"gi*a\ (-?l"j?-?), Coxalgy \Cox"al`gy\ (k?ks"?l`j?), n. [NL. coxalgia, fr. L. coxa hip. + Gr. [?][?][?] pain: cf. F. coxalgie.] (Med.) Pain in the hip. | |
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Cuckoo \Cuck"oo\ (k??k"??), n. [OE. coccou, cukkow, F. coucou, prob. of imitative origin; cf. L. cuculus, Gr. [?][?][?][?], Skr. k[?]ki[?]a, G. kuckuk, D. koekoek.] (Zo[94]l.) A bird belonging to {Cuculus}, {Coccyzus}, and several allied genera, of many species. Note: The European cuckoo ({Cuculus canorus}) builds no nest of its own, but lays its eggs in the nests of other birds, to be hatched by them. The American yellow-billed cuckoo ({Coccyzus Americanus}) and the black-billed cuckoo ({C. erythrophthalmus}) build their own nests. {Cuckoo bee} (Zool.), a bee, parasitic in the larval stage in the nests of other bees, feeding either upon their food or larvae. They belong to the genera {Nomada}, {Melecta}, {Epeolus}, and others. {Cuckoo clock}, a clock so constructed that at the time for striking it gives forth sounds resembling the cry of the cuckoo. {Cuckoo dove} (Zo[94]l.), a long-tailed pigeon of the genus {Macropygia}. Many species inhabit the East Indies. {Cuckoo fish} (Zo[94]l.), the European red gurnard ({Trigla cuculus}). The name probably alludes to the sound that it utters. {Cuckoo falcon} (Zo[94]l.), any falcon of the genus {Baza}. The genus inhabits Africa and the East Indies. {Cuckoo maid} (Zo[94]l.), the wryneck; -- called also {cuckoo mate}. {Cuckoo ray} (Zo[94]l.), a British ray ({Raia miraletus}). {Cuckoo spit}, [or] {Cuckoo spittle}. (a) A frothy secretion found upon plants, exuded by the larvae of certain insects, for concealment; -- called also {toad spittle} and {frog spit}. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A small hemipterous insect, the larva of which, living on grass and the leaves of plants, exudes this secretion. The insects belong to {Aphrophora}, {Helochara}, and allied genera. {Ground cuckoo}, the chaparral cock. | |
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Cyclas \Cy"clas\ (s?"kl?s), n. [Cf. {Ciclatoun}.] A long gown or surcoat (cut off in front), worn in the Middle Ages. It was sometimes embroidered or interwoven with gold. Also, a rich stuff from which the gown was made. | |
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Cyclic \Cyc"lic\ (s?k"l?k [or] s?"kl?k), Cyclical \Cyc"lic*al\ (s?k"l?-kal), a. [Cf. F. cycluque, Gr. kykliko`s, fr. ky`klos See {Cycle}.] Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles; as, cyclical time. --Coleridge. {Cyclic chorus}, the chorus which performed the songs and dances of the dithyrambic odes at Athens, dancing round the altar of Bacchus in a circle. {Cyclic poets}, certain epic poets who followed Homer, and wrote merely on the Trojan war and its heroes; -- so called because keeping within the circle of a single subject. Also, any series or coterie of poets writing on one subject. --Milman. | |
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Cyclic \Cyc"lic\ (s?k"l?k [or] s?"kl?k), Cyclical \Cyc"lic*al\ (s?k"l?-kal), a. [Cf. F. cycluque, Gr. kykliko`s, fr. ky`klos See {Cycle}.] Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles; as, cyclical time. --Coleridge. {Cyclic chorus}, the chorus which performed the songs and dances of the dithyrambic odes at Athens, dancing round the altar of Bacchus in a circle. {Cyclic poets}, certain epic poets who followed Homer, and wrote merely on the Trojan war and its heroes; -- so called because keeping within the circle of a single subject. Also, any series or coterie of poets writing on one subject. --Milman. | |
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Cyclic \Cyc"lic\ (s?k"l?k [or] s?"kl?k), Cyclical \Cyc"lic*al\ (s?k"l?-kal), a. [Cf. F. cycluque, Gr. kykliko`s, fr. ky`klos See {Cycle}.] Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles; as, cyclical time. --Coleridge. {Cyclic chorus}, the chorus which performed the songs and dances of the dithyrambic odes at Athens, dancing round the altar of Bacchus in a circle. {Cyclic poets}, certain epic poets who followed Homer, and wrote merely on the Trojan war and its heroes; -- so called because keeping within the circle of a single subject. Also, any series or coterie of poets writing on one subject. --Milman. | |
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Cyclic \Cyc"lic\ (s?k"l?k [or] s?"kl?k), Cyclical \Cyc"lic*al\ (s?k"l?-kal), a. [Cf. F. cycluque, Gr. kykliko`s, fr. ky`klos See {Cycle}.] Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles; as, cyclical time. --Coleridge. {Cyclic chorus}, the chorus which performed the songs and dances of the dithyrambic odes at Athens, dancing round the altar of Bacchus in a circle. {Cyclic poets}, certain epic poets who followed Homer, and wrote merely on the Trojan war and its heroes; -- so called because keeping within the circle of a single subject. Also, any series or coterie of poets writing on one subject. --Milman. | |
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Cyclist \Cy"clist\ (s?"kl?st), n. A cycler. | |
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Cycloganoid \Cy`clo*ga"noid\ (s?`kl?-g?"noid [or] -g?n"oid), a. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the Cycloganoidei. | |
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Cycloganoid \Cy`clo*ga"noid\, n. (Zo[94]l.) One of the Cycloganoidei. | |
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Cyclograph \Cy"clo*graph\ (s?"kl?-gr?f), n. [Cyclo- + -graph.] See {Arcograph}. | |
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Cycloscope \Cy"clo*scope\ (s?"kl?-sk?p), n. [Cyclo- + -scope.] A machine for measuring at any moment velocity of rotation, as of a wheel of a steam engine. --Knight. | |
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Cyclostome \Cy"clo*stome\ (s?"kl?-st?m), Cyclostomous \Cy*clos"to*mous\ (s?-kl?s"t?-m?s), a. (Zo[94]l.) Pertaining to the Cyclostomi. | |
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Cyclostome \Cy"clo*stome\ (s?"kl?-st?m), Cyclostomous \Cy*clos"to*mous\ (s?-kl?s"t?-m?s), a. (Zo[94]l.) Pertaining to the Cyclostomi. | |
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Cyclostylar \Cy`clo*sty"lar\ (s?`kl?-st?"?r), a. [Cyclo- + Gr. sty^los column.] Relating to a structure composed of a circular range of columns, without a core or building within. --Weale. | |
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Cyclostyle \Cy"clo*style\ (s?"kl?-st?l), n. [Cyclo + style.] A contrivance for producing manifold copies of writing or drawing. The writing or drawing is done with a style carrying a small wheel at the end which makes minute punctures in the paper, thus converting it into a stencil. Copies are transferred with an inked roller. | |
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Cass Lake, MN (city, FIPS 10252) Location: 47.37877 N, 94.60058 W Population (1990): 923 (429 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56633 | |
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Caswell County, NC (county, FIPS 33) Location: 36.39577 N, 79.33498 W Population (1990): 20693 (8254 housing units) Area: 1102.6 sq km (land), 7.1 sq km (water) | |
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Cecil County, MD (county, FIPS 15) Location: 39.56723 N, 75.95008 W Population (1990): 71347 (27656 housing units) Area: 901.7 sq km (land), 180.6 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
cycle crunch n.,obs. A situation wherein the number of people trying to use a computer simultaneously has reached the point where no one can get enough cycles because they are spread too thin and the system has probably begun to {thrash}. This scenario is an inevitable result of Parkinson's Law applied to timesharing. Usually the only solution is to buy more computer. Happily, this has rapidly become easier since the mid-1980s, so much so that the very term `cycle crunch' now has a faintly archaic flavor; most hackers now use workstations or personal computers as opposed to traditional timesharing systems, and are far more likely to complain of `bandwidth crunch' on their shared networks rather than cycle crunch. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
cycle server n. A powerful machine that exists primarily for running large compute-, disk-, or memory-intensive jobs (more formally called a `compute server'). Implies that interactive tasks such as editing are done on other machines on the network, such as workstations. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
coaxial cable surrounded by insulator, in turn surrounded by a cylindrical shield woven from fine wires. It is used to carry high frequency signals such as video or radio. The shield is usually connected to electrical ground to reduce electrical interference. (1995-03-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Cy486SLC A version of the {Intel 486} made by {Cyrix}. It has a {486SX} {instruction set}, a 1 kilobyte {cache}, and an {Intel 80386SX}-compatible pinout and thus, 16-bit data bus. (1994-11-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
cycle crunch use a computer simultaneously has reached the point where no one can get enough {cycles} because they are spread too thin and the system has probably begun to {thrash}. This scenario is an inevitable result of Parkinson's Law applied to {time-sharing}. Usually the only solution is to buy more computer. Happily, this has rapidly become easier since the mid-1980s, so much so that the very term "cycle crunch" now has a faintly archaic flavour; most hackers now use {workstations} or {personal computers} as opposed to traditional {time-sharing} systems. [{Jargon File}] (1994-11-29) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
cycle server large {batch} jobs. The term implies that {interactive} tasks such as editing are done on other machines on the network, such as {workstations}. [{Jargon File}] (1998-03-13) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
cyclic redundancy check from, and stored or transmitted with, a block of data in order to detect corruption. By recalculating the CRC and comparing it to the value originally transmitted, the receiver can detect some types of transmission errors. A CRC is more complicated than a {checksum}. It is calculated using division either using {shifts} and {exclusive ORs} or {table lookup} ({modulo} 256 or 65536). The CRC is "redundant" in that it adds no information. A single corrupted {bit} in the data will result in a one bit change in the calculated CRC but multiple corrupted bits may cancel each other out. CRCs treat blocks of input bits as coefficient-sets for {polynomials}. E.g., binary 10100000 implies the polynomial: 1*x^7 + 0*x^6 + 1*x^5 + 0*x^4 + 0*x^3 + 0*x^2 + 0*x^1 + 0*x^0. This is the "message polynomial". A second polynomial, with constant coefficients, is called the "generator polynomial". This is divided into the message polynomial, giving a quotient and remainder. The coefficients of the remainder form the bits of the final CRC. So, an order-33 generator polynomial is necessary to generate a 32-bit CRC. The exact bit-set used for the generator polynomial will naturally affect the CRC that is computed. Most CRC implementations seem to operate 8 bits at a time by building a table of 256 entries, representing all 256 possible 8-bit byte combinations, and determining the effect that each byte will have. CRCs are then computed using an input byte to select a 16- or 32-bit value from the table. This value is then used to update the CRC. {Ethernet} {packets} have a 32-bit CRC. Many disk formats include a CRC at some level. (1997-08-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
cyclic redundancy code {cyclic redundancy check} |