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English Dictionary: parity bit	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
parity bit n (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 Synonym(s): parity bit, parity, check bit
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
parity bit An extra bit added to a {byte} or {word} to reveal errors. See {parity}. (1996-03-01)