Keywords :
Index Terms—Error-correcting codes, error correcting in magnetic tapes, linear-feedback shift register, linear sequential circuit, multichannel transmission, parallel shift registers, single-channel error correction.; Buffer storage; Cyclic redundancy check; Data processing; Decoding; Error correction; Error correction codes; Galois fields; Polynomials; Sequential circuits; Shift registers; Index Terms—Error-correcting codes, error correcting in magnetic tapes, linear-feedback shift register, linear sequential circuit, multichannel transmission, parallel shift registers, single-channel error correction.;