Dictionary
par'ity check"
Computers.
a method for detecting errors in data communications or within a computer system by counting the number of ones or zeros per byte or per word, including a special check bit
(par'ity bit"), to see if the value is even or odd. Also called
odd-even check, redundant check. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.