PARITY BIT Synonyms
There is 1 hypernym of the phrase parity bit. (close relations)
Definition of PARITY BIT
parity
Best Alternative Words for PARITY BIT
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parity | nounn | |||||||
noun • (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered • (mathematics) a relation between a pair of integers: if both integers are odd or both are even they have the same parity; if one is odd and the other is even they have different parity • (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 • (physics) parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics are the same in a right-handed system of coordinates as in a left-handed system • functional equality | ||||||||
check bit | nounn | |||||||
noun • (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 |