CHECKSUM
Concept
· http://ontology.oais.info/fits/keyword/CHECKSUM
Properties
| definition | The value field of the CHECKSUM keyword shall consist of an ASCII character string whose value forces the 32-bit ones' complement checksum accumulated over the entire FITS HDU to equal negative 0. (Note that ones's complement arithmetic has both positive and negative zero elements). It is recommended that the particular 16-character string generated by the algorithm described in Appendix J be used. |
| label | CHECKSUM |
| notation | CHECKSUM |
| prefLabel | CHECKSUM |
| scopeNote | Defined in section 4.4.2.7 of the FITS Standard 4.0. |
Links to
- inScheme → FITS keyword dictionary (FITS Standard 4.0)
Linked from
- FITS keyword dictionary (FITS Standard 4.0) → hasTopConcept