parity check

Noun

Meaning

a system of checking for errors in computer functioning

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

odd-even check redundancy check

Hypernyms

check confirmation substantiation verification

Examples

Initially, 56 bits of the key are selected from the initial 64 by Permuted Choice 1 (PC-1)—the remaining eight bits are either discarded or used as parity check bits. Source: Internet

In the Hagelbarger code, inserted parity check bits are spread out in time so that an error burst is not likely to affect more than one of the groups in which parity is checked. Source: Internet

The IBM 1400 series are character-addressable machines, each location being six bits labeled B, A, 8, 4, 2 and 1, plus an odd parity check bit (C) and a word mark bit (M). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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