1<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><title>Chapter 1. Introduction</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Reed-Solomon Library Programming Interface"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="Reed-Solomon Library Programming Interface"><link rel="prev" href="index.html" title="Reed-Solomon Library Programming Interface"><link rel="next" href="bugs.html" title="Chapter 2. Known Bugs And Assumptions"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 1. Introduction</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="index.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center"> </th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="bugs.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a name="intro"></a>Chapter 1. Introduction</h1></div></div></div><p> 2 The generic Reed-Solomon Library provides encoding, decoding 3 and error correction functions. 4 </p><p> 5 Reed-Solomon codes are used in communication and storage 6 applications to ensure data integrity. 7 </p><p> 8 This documentation is provided for developers who want to utilize 9 the functions provided by the library. 10 </p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="index.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"> </td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="bugs.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Reed-Solomon Library Programming Interface </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Chapter 2. Known Bugs And Assumptions</td></tr></table></div></body></html> 11