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CRC-32 Polynomial Overhead & Error Detection Calculator
Estimate the storage overhead of appending a CRC-32 checksum to a data frame and its burst-error detection capability.
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Frame overhead
0.2667%
Guaranteed burst error detection
32 bits
Undetected error probability
0%
Total frame with CRC
1,504 bytes
CRC-32 detects all burst errors up to 32 bits long and catches all but roughly 1 in 4.3 billion random corruptions.
Formula and working
Overhead % = (32 bits ÷ (frameBytes×8)) × 100; Undetected error probability ≈ 1 ÷ 2^32
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Collect the inputs
Frame size (bytes) = 1,500
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Apply the formula
Overhead % = (32 bits ÷ (frameBytes×8)) × 100; Undetected error probability ≈ 1 ÷ 2^32
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Result
Frame overhead = 0.2667
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