IT lexicon Hardware ECC memory

ECC memory Error-Correcting Code

Hardware På svenska → Updated: 2026-05-23

RAM with extra bits to detect and correct memory errors — standard in servers.

Cosmic rays and electrical interference flip bits occasionally. A normal computer may crash or get silent data corruption; ECC catches and fixes those silent errors. More expensive and slightly slower, but essential in server-class hardware.

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