parity bit

noun

A bit (binary digit) used to indicate whether the number of bits in a given set with value of one is even or odd. Parity bits are used as a simple error detection code.

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Meanings

nounparity bit (plural parity bits)

plural parity bits

  1. computingA bit (binary digit) used to indicate whether the number of bits in a given set with value of one is even or odd. Parity bits are used as a simple error detection code.

Synonyms & antonyms

noun(computer science) a bit that is used in an error detection procedure in which a 0 or 1 is 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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paritycheck bit
Broader
bit
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parity

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Dutch pariteitsbit
  • pariteitsbitA bit used to indicate parity
Esperanto parecbito
  • parecbitoA bit used to indicate parity
Finnish pariteettibitti, tarkistusbitti
  • pariteettibittiA bit used to indicate parity
  • tarkistusbittiA bit used to indicate parity
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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