This document discusses error detection and correction techniques used in data communication. It describes different types of errors like single-bit errors and burst errors. It then explains various error detection methods like vertical redundancy check (VRC), longitudinal redundancy check (LRC), cyclic redundancy check (CRC), and checksum that work by adding redundant bits. The document also covers error correction techniques like single-bit error correction using Hamming code which allows detecting and correcting single-bit errors.