Reed-Solomon code

Patent Pending Reed–Solomon codes are an important group of error-correcting codes that were introduced by Irving S. Reed and Gustave Solomon in 1960.[1] They have many important applications, the most prominent of which include consumer technologies such as CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray Discs, QR Codes, data transmission technologies such as DSL and WiMAX, broadcast systems such as DVB and ATSC, and storage systems such as RAID 6. They are also used in satellite communication.