parity check

1. 1.

   a system of checking for errors in computer functioning

   Synonymsredundancy checkodd-even check

   Broaderconfirmation

Questions about parity check

What does parity check mean?

parity check means "a system of checking for errors in computer functioning".

What is another word for parity check?

Close synonyms include redundancy check, odd-even check. 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 check a common word?

parity check 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.