PARITY BIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does parity bit mean? 

• PARITY BIT (noun)
  The noun PARITY BIT has 1 sense:

1. (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

  Familiarity information: PARITY BIT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARITY BIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(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

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Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

check bit; parity; parity bit

Hypernyms ("parity bit" is a kind of...):

bit (a unit of measurement of information (from binary + digit); the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)