check bit

NOUN
9 LETTERS · STARTS WITH C

check bit is a valid 9-letter word worth 21 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
C3H4E1C3K5B3I1T1
3 + 4 + 1 + 3 + 5 + 0 + 3 + 1 + 1 =21 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 42TRIPLE WORD → 63
MEANING

What does check bit mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE
1

(computer science) a bit that is used in an error detection procedure in which a 0 or 1 is added to each group of bits so that it will have either an odd number of 1's or an even number of 1's; e.g., if the parity is odd then any group of bits that arrives with an even number of 1's must contain an error.

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