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Meaning of PARITY BIT
Pronunciation:
'paritee bit
WordNet Dictionary
Definition:
[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
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Synonyms:
parity
See Also:
bit
Computing Dictionary
Definition:
An extra bit added to a
byte
or
word
to reveal errors.
See
parity
.
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