How is a checksum used?

Related questions

1. Is TCP checksum necessary or could TCP allow IP to checksum the data?
2. Can the value of a checksum be all 0s?
3. How TCP checksum is calculated?
4. Why does the IP checksum cover just the header?
5. What is the difference between a checksum and a hash?
6. What is checksum md5?
7. What is md5 in Linux?
8. How is checksum of IP header calculated?
9. How is the UDP checksum calculated?
10. What is Internet checksum?

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