check bit

Questions about check bit

What is another word for check bit?

It depends which check bit you mean. In the sense “(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”, the synonyms are parity bit, parity. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of check bit?

WordNet records no antonym for check bit. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for check bit come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

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• Full entry for check bitAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for check bitWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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