(from the article `information theory`) A common type of error-detecting code is the parity code, which adds one bit to a block of bits so that the ones in the block always add up to either ... ...a code word. The first redundant bit is chosen so that the sum of ones in the first three information bits plus the first redundant bit amoun...
Parity Check is a checking method that determines if the sum of all the digits in an array is odd or even.
[n] - a system of checking for errors in computer functioning
(NETWORK GLOSSARY) A process for checking the integrity of a character. A parity check involves appending a bit that makes the total number of binary 1' digits in a character or work (excluding the parity bit) either odd (for 'odd parity') or even (for 'even parity').
redundant check noun a system of checking for errors in computer functioning