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OP 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.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Parity NatalieK 02/16/11 03:03 PM Re: Parity LukeJavan8 02/16/11 04:05 PM
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