noun
(computer science) a bit that is used in an error detection procedure in which a 0 or 1 is added to each group of bits so that it will have either an odd number of 1's or an even number of 1's; e.g., if the parity is odd then any group of bits that arrives with an even number of 1's must contain an error
• Topics: ↑computer science, ↑computing
• Hypernyms: ↑bit
Useful english dictionary. 2012.