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Canker bit

Eaten out by canker or as by canker...


parity bit

The bit within a data structure which is assigned a value of 1 or 0 so as to make the parity7 of the data structure odd or even Data structures may or may not have parity bits dpending on whether the system does or does not perform parity checking The most commonly used parity bit is the eigth higher order bit of a byte which is used when data transmission uses only the 7 lower order bits of each byte as significant data some memory systems use a ninth bit as a parity bit for each eight bits one byte of significant data in memory...


Cankered

Affected with canker as a cankered mouth...


Canker

To affect as a canker to eat away to corrode to consume...


Canker blossom

That which blasts a blossom as a canker does...


Cankerous

Affecting like a canker...


Canon bit

That part of a bit which is put in a horses mouth...


parity check

The act or process of testing whether a byte or other data structure has an even or odd number of bits set to the value of 1 it is used primarily to detect errors in data especially in memory banks or in data transmitted over a communications line The parity can be changed by assigning one bit in each data structure as the parity bit so that the total number of bits set to the value of 1 is odd odd parity or even even parity If parity is used for error checking the writing and reading systems must first agree on which type of parity odd or even to use if the reading system detects a deviation from the agreed parity it signals an error to be handled by the error handling processes of the system...


Cankery

Like a canker full of canker...


Bridoon

The snaffle and rein of a military bridle which acts independently of the bit at the pleasure of the rider It is used in connection with a curb bit which has its own rein...


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