Definition of Parity bit

1. 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.

Exact synonyms: Check Bit, Parity
Category relationships: Computer Science, Computing
Generic synonyms: Bit

Definition of Parity bit

1. Noun. (computing) 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. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parity Bit

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parishioner
parishioners
parisienne
parisite
parisology
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parisons
paristhmic
parisyllabic
parities
paritor
paritors
paritory
parity
parity bit (current term)
parity check
parjdigitate
park and ride
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park light
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park the car in Harvard Yard
parka
parka squirrel
parkable
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Literary usage of Parity bit

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Information Universe: Issues in Informing Science and Information by Informing Science Institute, Eli Cohen, Ed. (2006)
"The optional parity bit is a simple sum of the data bits indicating whether ... With even parity, the parity bit is 0 if there is an even number of I's in ..."

2. Defending Secrets, Sharing Data: New Locks and Keys for Electronic Information (1993)
"... usually either by using an eighth "parity" bit with each seven- bit message word or by providing longitudinal parity checks using modulo-2 addition on ..."

3. Network Security by David J. Stang (1991)
"parity bit. A check bit appended to a character to make the sum of all the bits, including the check bit, always odd or always even. Patch. ..."

4. The Backup Book: Disaster Recovery from Desktop to Data Center by Dorian J. Cougias, E. L. Heiberger, Karsten Koop (2003)
"... the middle drive data (part two of the file) represents 1, and the XOR calculation sets the parity bit at 0. 1 = 1 XOR o Figure 13-7. ..."

5. Planetary, Lunar, and Solar Positions, 601 B.C. to A.D. 1 at Five-day and by Bryant Tuckerman (1962)
"The printer checks the parity bit of each character on the tape. Furthermore, after each type-wheel is set to its proper character, and before printing, ..."

6. Planetary, Lunar, and Solar Positions, 601 B.C. to A.D. 1 at Five-day and ...by Bryant Tuckerman by Bryant Tuckerman (1962)
"The printer checks the parity bit of each character on the tape. Furthermore, after each type-wheel is set to its proper character, and before printing, ..."

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