On: Charles Babbage – Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

[yesenadam]

Using an error-correcting code he could say "Well, sometimes, yes!"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Error_correction_code

[messe → yesenadam]

You could argue that an error correction code just expands the set of correct inputs.

[dbtc → messe]

I would argue that it corrects errors :)