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Meanings of parity bit in English

Russian
бит чётности
Portuguese
bit de paridade
Spanish
bit de paridad
Catalan
bit de paritat

Bit added to a binary string to ensure that the sum of the bit values is even or odd; used as an error detecting code.

бит чётности
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Examples for "parity"
Examples for "parity"
1
Also consider the rise of so-called risk parity strategies among pension funds.
Reuters
2
Case and control individuals were matched for health facility, age, and parity.
Pubmed
3
Analyses were adjusted for maternal education level, year of birth, and parity.
Pubmed
4
Why do some events and organisations achieve gender parity when others fail?
The Irish Times
5
In both groups 28 patients were included matched for age and parity.
Pubmed
Usage of parity bit in English
1
One way to check for errors in transmission is to tag each byte with a bit that means "even or odd", the parity bit.
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