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723-10-99
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en
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Standard
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parity bit
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a bit appended to a set of bits to make the sum modulo-2 of all bits always equal to "zero" or "one"
NOTE – A parity bit is usually employed for the purpose of error detection.
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1997-03
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a bit appended to a set of bits to make the sum modulo-2 of all bits always equal to "zero" or "one"