parity bit

bit added to a binary string to ensure that the sum of the bit values is even or odd; used as an error detecting code
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parity bit

Summary

parity bit is an error detection and correction[1]. It draws 219 Wikipedia views per month (error_detection_and_correction category, ranking #2 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • parity bit's instance of is recorded as error detection and correction[3].
  • parity bit's subclass of is recorded as bit[4].
  • parity bit's has use is recorded as error detection and correction[5].
  • parity bit's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01bm6t[6].
  • parity bit's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0223166[7].
  • parity bit's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/parity[8].
  • parity bit's used by is recorded as RAID[9].
  • parity bit's used by is recorded as universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter[10].
  • parity bit's used by is recorded as SCSI[11].
  • parity bit's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 033699[12].
  • parity bit's schematic is recorded as Even parity bit jp.svg[13].
  • parity bit's P6009 is recorded as 17257[14].
  • parity bit's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 131521367[15].
  • parity bit's Media Arts Database ID is recorded as C46418[16].
  • parity bit's Treccani's Enciclopedia della Matematica ID is recorded as bit-di-parita[17].
  • parity bit's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C131521367[18].
  • parity bit's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as bit-de-paritat[19].

Why It Matters

parity bit draws 219 Wikipedia views per month (error_detection_and_correction category, ranking #2 of 3).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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