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parity bitAn extra bit attached to the byte, character or word used to detect errors in transmission. parity bit [′par·əd·ē ‚bit] (communications) An additional nondata bit that is attached to a set of data bits to check their validity; it is set so that the sum of one-bits in the augmented set is always odd or always even.
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A wide device can be used on a narrow bus to pull up the high byte and parity signals or by terminating the high byte and parity bit 1 at the adapter for the wide to narrow bus. Shared network devices will also benefit from the parity bits that support error detection and correction. |
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