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Parity

nounid 3499·updated May 9, 2026
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Bit(s) used to determine whether a block of data has been altered.

polysemous

Classifications

Entity Type

Control75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
check bitconservation of paritymirror symmetryparaparity bitspace-reflection symmetry
plural
Parities
possessive
Parity's
pluralpossessive
Parities'

Framework definitions

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 →
§1
Bit(s) used to determine whether a block of data has been altered.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§1
Bit(s) used to determine whether a block of data has been altered.
Parity1 senseview framework →
§1
the quality or state of being equal or equivalent
parity1 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 Rationale: Term has been replaced by the term “parity bit”.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

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