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  2. Luhn algorithm - Wikipedia

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    Most credit card numbers and many government identification numbers use the algorithm as a simple ... The sum of the resulting digits is 56. The check digit is equal ...

  3. Check digit - Wikipedia

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    Modulo 10 check digits in credit card account numbers, calculated by the Luhn algorithm. Also used in the Norwegian KID (customer identification number) numbers used in bank giros (credit transfer), Used in IMEI of mobile phones. Last check digit in EAN/UPC serialisation of Global Trade Identification Number . It applies to GTIN-8, GTIN-12 ...

  4. What do the numbers on your credit card mean? - AOL

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    The numbers on a credit card help identify the credit card network, the company that issued the card and the cardholder. ... Finally, the last digit is known as a “check” digit. This is based ...

  5. Luhn mod N algorithm - Wikipedia

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    The Luhn mod N algorithm generates a check digit (more precisely, a check character) within the same range of valid characters as the input string. For example, if the algorithm is applied to a string of lower-case letters (a to z), the check character will also be a lower-case letter.

  6. What Do Credit Card Numbers Mean? - AOL

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    A credit card number is the set of digits printed on either the front or back of a physical credit card. Credit card numbers are often 16 digits, but they can be as long as 19 digits or as short ...

  7. Want to Decode Your Credit Card Number? Check Out This ... - AOL

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  8. Payment card number - Wikipedia

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    A payment card number, primary account number (PAN), or simply a card number, is the card identifier found on payment cards, such as credit cards and debit cards, as well as stored-value cards, gift cards and other similar cards. In some situations the card number is referred to as a bank card number. The card number is primarily a card ...

  9. Checksum - Wikipedia

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    Check digits and parity bits are special cases of checksums, appropriate for small blocks of data (such as Social Security numbers, bank account numbers, computer words, single bytes, etc.). Some error-correcting codes are based on special checksums which not only detect common errors but also allow the original data to be recovered in certain ...