Forward error correction

Forward error correction is like a game of telephone. You take a message and make sure it gets to the right person. But when you send it, the message can get messed up when it goes through all the different parts of the network. Forward error correction is like a special tool that helps you fix the message before it gets to the right person. It will check the message and look for any mistakes, then it will make sure that the message gets to the right person with all the right information.