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parity check

 
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–noun Computers.
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.
Also called odd-even check, redundant check.

Origin:
1945–50
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parity bit  
n.   Computer Science
A bit added to a binary code that indicates parity and is used to check the integrity of data.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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parity bit storage, communications
An extra bit added to a byte or word to reveal errors.
See parity.
(1996-03-01)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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