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Parity bit

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-001519

An extra bit added to a binary data stream to detect errors during data transmission or storage. It is set to either 0 or 1 to make the total number of 1s in the data an even or odd count, depending on the parity scheme. Simple parity checking can detect an odd number of bit errors but cannot correct them.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-001519
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectTechnical
Record as JSON 
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  "definition": "An extra bit added to a binary data stream to detect errors during data transmission or storage. It is set to either 0 or 1 to make the total number of 1s in the data an even or odd count, depending on the parity scheme. Simple parity checking can detect an odd number of bit errors but cannot correct them.",
  "subject": "Technical",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/parity-bit/"
}

Record 968 of 1,553 in Computing and IT terminology (MLC-0101). Request the full dataset.