That is a Xianghua level non-sequitur. The mere fact that error correction is involved in both processes implies no other connection.
Quite; they are completely different applications.
To correct the idea that merely 'error checking' is where the similarities end here..
when I say 'same' I should say- similar yet far more sophisticated in DNA:
Our common problem with digital transcription errors is this:
& it is specific to digital v analogue signals
how does a digital device know whether the info being received is corrupted or not? without knowing what it should be? without any reference, it's all just ones and zeros- right?
so
parity bit error checking involves adding up sequences of 1s and 0s, recording whether the result is merely odd or even- then the receiving system can perform the same check and compare results
Over the course of several checks it become increasingly apparent if the signal has errors
Well DNA of course uses a double stream of quaternary (base 4) code in the double helix as opposed to a single binary (base 2) correct?- so that would complicate the technique-
except the possible combinations of nucleotides represent an interwoven
binary code within the 2 quaternary streams
i.e. a single binary stream is used to perform a parity but error checking system- operating on 2 distinct streams of quaternary code independently yet simultaneously
The point is not just that this is an astoundingly elegant and impressive design to those programmers among us, but a far more mathematically objective one: that if you tried to accidentally reproduce this system by throwing random numbers around.... there have not been enough individual organisms multiplied by nanoseconds the universe has existed, multiplied by elementary particles, to give you nearly enough tries for a probable chance of success
That leaves us with either an infinite probability machine, i.e. multiverse to explain such things
or a far more demonstrable mechanism, which has recently proven itself to be capable of doing this without the need for infinite trial and error- simply creative intelligence.
sorry for long post, difficult to condense..!