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check bit

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.04 in modern English

Syllables
check- bit
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

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

Synonyms

parity bit parity

Questions

What does check bit mean?
(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

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