This document provides an overview of CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) and checksum techniques for error detection in data transmission. It describes how CRC works by appending redundant bits to the data such that the resulting data is divisible by a predetermined binary number. It also explains how checksums are generated by dividing the data into sections, adding the sections using one's complement arithmetic, and sending the complement of the sum along with the data. The document compares the performance of CRC and checksums, noting that CRC can detect all odd-length burst errors while checksums are susceptible to some even-length errors.