Computer Science for IGCSE & O level - Data Transmission (Section 7 - No. 26)
What are potential error types that checksums can detect?
Single-bit errors during transmission.
Changes in the order of bytes.
Intentional manipulation of the data.
The use of the wrong transmission protocol.
Paliwanag
Checksums are able to detect errors caused by corruption of data, and they're sensitive to errors caused by the reordering of bytes.