PARITY CHECK Definition & Meaning

parity check

noun

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 �貹��i�ٲ��, to see if the value is even or odd.

parity check

noun

a check made of computer data to ensure that the total number of bits of value 1 (or 0) in each unit of information remains odd or even after transfer between a peripheral device and the memory or vice versa

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of parity check¹

First recorded in 1945–50

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Huawei has developed a technique called "polar codes", which it says will give 5G devices longer battery life than an alternative favoured by many Western firms called "low density parity check".

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The qubits are placed on vertices and each coloured face corresponds to both an X and a Z parity check.

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If a tape is not at the end of record, then the tape is either at the end of the reel, or a parity check has occurred.

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The qubits are placed on vertices and each coloured face corresponds to both an X and a Z parity check.

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This implies that an X and a Z parity check is associated with each vertex, leading to a transversal H gate.

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