parity

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noun (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered
noun (mathematics) a relation between a pair of integers: if both integers are odd or both are even they have the same parity; if one is odd and the other is even they have different parity
noun (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

From Middle French parité, from Late Latin paritās, from Latin pār (“equal”). Equivalent to pari- + -ty.

He had it set for 7 bits, no parity, no stop bits. — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau
However, the chiefs would never cut the leading side down to an absolute parity with the other. — The Scouts of the Valley, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
Pluto's court was expressed from this fancy; and the persons are much about the same parity that is there. — Microcosmography: or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters, John Earle

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