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In this computer age the most obvious meaning of parity is to indicate if a byte or word has an odd or even number of ones. Parity provides a very low level check for transmission errors because changing a single bit changes the parity of the larger item.
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Yup, especially if you understand computers well enough
to do that, and know what it means.
----please, draw me a sheep----
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