Look up: parity

1. parity
   (storage, communications) An extra bit added to a byte or word to reveal errors in storage (in RAM or disk) or transmission. Even (odd) parity means that the parity bit is set so that there are an even (odd) number of one bits in the word, including the parity bit. A single parity bit can only rev...
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2. Parity
   [sports] Parity in sports is defined as attempting to make an equal playing field for all participants, specifically with regard to financial issues. When parity in a sports league is achieved, all participating teams enjoy roughly equivalent levels of talent. In such a league, the "best" te...
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3. Parity
   A nucleus or particle has odd (-) or even (+) parity according to whether or not its wave function changes sign when all of the space coordinates are changed.
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4. Parity
   Is the point where a convertible security equals the converted value of the underlying instrument.
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5. parity
   [n] - (obstetrics) the number of live-born children a woman has delivered 2. [n] - (mathematics) a relation between a pair of integers: if both integers are odd or both are even they have the same parity 3. [n] - (physics) parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics...
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6. Parity
   A convertible bonds theoretical value if it were a straight bond without the conversion option.
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7. Parity
   The quality of being either odd or even. The fact that all numbers have a parity is commonly used in data communications to ensure the validity of data. This is called parity checking.
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8. Parity
   a method of checking for errors in transmitted or stored data - an extra bit (the parity bit) is added to each ASCII character so that the number of '1' bits is always odd (or always even)
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9. parity
   An extra bit added to data for error checking purposes, to make the quantity of Ones consistently either odd or even.
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10. Parity
    Used to detect errors in transferring information via the serial port by attaching an extra bit of information to the data.
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11. Parity
    A term used to describe an option contract's total premium when that premium is the same amount as... <a target=_blank href='http://www.finance-glossary.com/terms/parity.htm?id=2251&ginPtrCode=00000&PopupMode=false' title='Read full definition of parity'>more</a>
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12. parity
    In economics, equality of price, rate of exchange, wages, and buying power. Parity ratios may be used in the setting of wages to establish similar status to different work groups. Parity in...
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13. Parity
    A technique for testing transmitting data. Typically, a binary digit is added to the data to make the sum of all the digits of the binary data either always even (even parity) or always odd (odd parity).
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14. parity
    the official exchange rate against another currency Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs • the number of children previously born alive to a woman Category: Statistics • nuclear -- is a term which arises solely from the wave-mechanical treament of the nucleus; it ...
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15. Parity
    Par'i·ty noun [ Latin paritas , from par , paris , equal: confer French parité . See Pair , Peer an equal.] The quality or condition of being equal or equivalent; A like state or degree; equality; close corre...
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16. parity
    The quality or condition of being equal or equivalent; A like state or degree; equality; close correspondence; analogy; as, parity of reasoning. 'No parity of principle.' 'Equality of length and parity of numeration.' (Sir T. Browne) ... Origin: L. Paritas, fr. Par, paris, equal: cf. F. Parite. See ...
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17. parity
    conservation of parity noun (physics) parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics are the same in a right-handed system of coordinates as in a left-handed system
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18. parity
    noun functional equality
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19. parity
    para noun (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered; `the parity of the mother must be considered`; `a bipara is a woman who has given birth to two children`
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20. parity
    noun (mathematics) a relation between a pair of integers: if both integers are odd or both are even they have the same parity; if one is odd and the other is even they have different parity; `parity is often used to check the integrity of transmitted data`
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21. parity
    (par´ĭ-te) para; the condition of a woman with respect to her having borne viable offspring. equality; close correspondence or similarity.
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22. Parity
    • (n.) The quality or condition of being equal or equivalent; A like state or degree; equality; close correspondence; analogy; as, parity of reasoning.
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23. parity
    (from the article `perfect number`) ...is prime; therefore, 7 4 = 28 (`the sum multiplied into the last`) is a perfect number. Euclid`s formula forces any perfect number obtained from ...
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24. parity
    in economics, equality in price, rate of exchange, purchasing power, or wages.[4 related articles]
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25. parity
    in physics, property important in the quantum-mechanical description of a physical system. In most cases it relates to the symmetry of the wave ... [10 related articles]
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