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The computer sums the first four digits of a customer number to calculate the value of the fifth digit and then compares that calculation to the number typed during data entry. This is an example of a:

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Answer to the following is check digit verification or validation.

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The check digit is an important function of the validation or verification.

  • It ensures that the code which is produced by the computer system and re-entered into the another computer is correct or not.
  • It is an individual digit which are added at the end of the code by the computer system.
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