parity check
This term is a technical specification used primarily in computer science and digital communications. It describes a basic form of error detection where a single bit is added to a data block to maintain a specific parity (even or odd), allowing the system to identify if a single-bit flip occurred during transmission.
Because it can only detect an odd number of errors, it cannot correct the data or detect an even number of errors. In professional technical documentation, it is often contrasted with more robust methods like checksums or Cyclic Redundancy Checks (CRC), which provide higher reliability for complex data streams.
Meanings
A method used in computing and telecommunications to detect errors in data transmission or storage by adding an extra bit to a string of binary code to ensure the total number of one-bits is either even or odd.
The system performed a parity check to ensure the data packet had not been corrupted during transfer.