parity bit

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   (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

   Synonymsparitycheck bit

   Broaderbit

   computer science

Questions about parity bit

What does parity bit mean?

parity bit means "(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".

What is another word for parity bit?

Close synonyms include parity, check bit. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is parity bit a common word?

parity bit is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.