meaning of bit parity
1. parity bit
2. computer science abit 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 1s or an even number of 1s; e. g. , if the parity is odd then any group of bits that arrives with an even number of 1s must contain an error
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