Parity

nounverified·updated May 9, 2026

Bit(s) used to determine whether a block of data has been altered.

Framework senses

10 senses across 6 frameworks

FFIEC IT Examination Handbook - Audit, April 20121 senseview framework →

§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.

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →

CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →

§1: Bit(s) used to determine whether a block of data has been altered. Rationale: Term has been replaced by the term “parity bit”.

Wordset Dictionary5 sensesview framework →

§1: functional equality
§2: (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
§3: (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
§4: (mathematics) a relation between a pair of integers: if both integers are odd or both are even they have the same parity
§5: in obstetrics, the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered