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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...


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...


Parity

Parity, means an act providing for road construction to bring each county in the state to 'parity', required all counties to be brought in the same condition regarding aid in road building, 'parity' meaning equality, Words and Phrases, Vol. 31; South Malabar Gramin Bank v. Coordination Committee of South Malabar Gramin Bank Employees' Union, (2001) 4 SCC 101....


Parity

The quality or condition of being equal or equivalent a like state or degree equality equivalence close correspondence analogy as parity of reasoning...


parity checking

The process of performing a parity check...


Canon bit

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


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...


digital computer

a computer that represents information by numerical digits with a fixed number of values most commonly each piece of information is internally represented in binary code as an array of bits which are information units each of which can take only two values The possible values of each bit are conventionally represented as the numbers 1 or 0...


Peles hair

Glass threads or fibers formed by the wind from bits blown from frothy lava or from the tips of lava jets or from bits of liquid lava thrown into the air It often collects in thick masses resembling tow...


Snaffle

A kind of bridle bit having a joint in the part to be placed in the mouth and rings and cheek pieces at the ends but having no curb called also snaffle bit...


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