Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

parity bit

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English

Syllables: par-i-ty bit
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bit (binary digit) used to indicate whether the number of bits in a given set with value of one is even or odd. Parity bits are used as a simple error detection code.

Inflected Forms

parity bits (plural)

Synonyms

parity check bit

Questions

What does parity bit mean?: A bit (binary digit) used to indicate whether the number of bits in a given set with value of one is even or odd. Parity bits are used as a simple error detection code.

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