DOUBLE ERROR CORRECTING CODE SYSTEM

摘要

A data unit (10) may be organized in error correcting rows (12) and columns. Different error correcting algorithms may be utilized on the rows (12) and columns. As a result, once a double error is identified in a given row (12), the location of each of the errors along the row (12) may be determined using the column-wise error correcting algorithm. As a result, a single double error may be located and corrected after any other single errors have been corrected. In some embodiments, this may greatly increase the rate of successful error correction.