parity bit
NOUN
/pærɪti_bɪt/
10 LETTERS · STARTS WITH P
parity bit is a valid 10-letter word worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
P3A1R1I1T1Y4B3I1T1
3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 0 + 3 + 1 + 1 =16 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 32TRIPLE WORD → 48
MEANING
What does parity 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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