parity check
a method for detecting errors in data communications or within a computer system by counting the number of ones or zeros per byte or per word, including a special check bit (parity bit ), to see if the value is even or odd.
Origin of parity check
1- Also called odd-even check, redundant check.
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How to use parity check in a sentence
If a tape is not at the end of record, then the tape is either at the end of the reel, or a parity check has occurred.
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British Dictionary definitions for parity check
a check made of computer data to ensure that the total number of bits of value 1 (or 0) in each unit of information remains odd or even after transfer between a peripheral device and the memory or vice versa
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