What is the meaning of parity bit?

noun

  • 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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