odd-even check

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odd-even check [′äd ′ē·vən ‚chek]

(computer science)

A means of detecting certain kinds of errors in which an extra bit, carried along with each word, is set to zero or one so that the total number of zeros or ones in each word is always made even or always made odd. Also known as parity check.

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