Meaning of PARITY
| Pronunciation: | | 'paritee
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- [n] functional equality
- [n] (physics) parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics are the same in a right-handed system of coordinates as in a left-handed system
- [n] (computer science) an error detection procedure in which a bit (0 or 1) added to each group of bits so that it will have either an odd number of 1's or an even number of 1's; e.g., if the parity is odd then any group of bits that arrives with an even number of 1's must contain an error
- [n] (mathematics) a relation between a pair of integers: if both integers are odd or both are even they have the same parity; if one is odd and the other is even they have different parity
- [n] (obstetrics) the number of live-born children a woman has delivered; "the parity of the mother must be considered"; "a bipara is a woman who has given birth to two children"
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| | Synonyms: | | conservation of parity, mirror symmetry, para, parity bit, space-reflection symmetry |
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| | See Also: | | bit, conservation, equivalence, gestation, mathematical relation, pregnancy | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Par"i*ty\, n. [L. paritas, fr. par, paris, equal: cf. F.
parit['e]. See {Pair}, {Peer} an equal.]
The quality or condition of being equal or equivalent; A like
state or degree; equality; close correspondence; analogy; as,
parity of reasoning. ``No parity of principle.'' --De
Quincey.
Equality of length and parity of numeration. --Sir T.
Browne.
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| | Definition: | | An extra bit added to a byte or word to reveal errors in storage (in RAM or disk) or transmission. Even (odd) parity means that the parity bit is set so that there are an even (odd) number of one bits in the word, including the parity bit. A single parity bit can only reveal single bit errors since if an even number of bits are wrong then the parity bit will not change. Moreover, it is not possible to tell which bit is wrong, as it is with more sophisticated error detection and correction systems. See also longitudinal parity, checksum, cyclic redundancy check. |
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