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parity
Last modified: Tuesday, October 30, 2001
The quality of being either odd or even. The fact that all numbers have a parity is commonly used in datacommunications to ensure the validity of data. This is called parity checking.
Memory Errors, Detection and Correction Describes the facilities available for doing error detection and correction and discusses what some of the important factors are. This page is from "The PC Guide."
