Usually means: Error detection bit in data.
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  1. parity bit: Merriam-Webster
  2. parity bit: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. parity bit: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. parity bit: Vocabulary.com
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  8. Parity bit: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. parity bit: Rhymezone
  10. parity bit: FreeDictionary.org
  11. parity bit: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. parity bit: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. parity bit: CCI Computer
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  4. parity bit: Encyclopedia

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(Note: See parity_bits as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (parity bit)

noun:  (computing) A bit (binary digit) used to indicate whether the number of bits in a given set with value of one is even or odd. Parity bits are used as a simple error detection code.

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