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Checksum Help for Machine-2- Machine

Detailed Description

The checksum capability is available for Machine-2-Machine method of accessing data.

A checksum helps verify the integrity of a downloaded file. When files are transferred from one location to another, small glitches might introduce corruption to a file. (One way to check whether a file transferred correctly is to compare the file's size against the expected size, but this is not reliable.)  

Sources/Usage

Public Domain.

Information is available to assist users applying checksum to Machine-2-Machine 

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