The Internet checksum is a simple error-detecting scheme used primarily in network protocols, most notably in the Internet Protocol (IP) and the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). It allows the detection of errors that may have occurred during the transmission of data over a network. ### How It Works: 1. **Calculation**: - The data to be transmitted is divided into equal-sized segments (usually 16 bits, or two bytes).

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