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Term: PARITY

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Data has even or odd parity if the number of 1 bits is even or odd. A parity bit is a bit added to data to make the parity even or odd. A parity bit may be used to detect errors in RAM as well as in data transmitted through noisy communications channels. A parity error is detected when data that is supposed to be even parity is not or vice versa.

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