Associations to the word «Parity»

Wiktionary

PARITY, noun. (uncountable) Equality; comparability of strength or intensity.
PARITY, noun. (mathematics) (countable) A set with the property of having all of its elements belonging to one of two disjoint subsets, especially a set of integers split in subsets of even and odd elements.
PARITY, noun. (mathematics) (countable) The classification of an element of a set with parity into one of the two sets.
PARITY, noun. (physics) (countable) Symmetry of interactions under spatial inversion.
PARITY, noun. (games) (countable) In reversi, the last move within a given sector of the board.
PARITY, noun. (medicine) (countable) The number of times a woman has given birth.
PARITY, noun. (agriculture) (countable) The number of times a sow has farrowed.
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.
PARITY GAME, noun. (game theory) A type of game played on a directed graph whose nodes are coloured by priority.
PARITY GAMES, noun. Plural of parity game

Dictionary definition

PARITY, noun. (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered; "the parity of the mother must be considered"; "a bipara is a woman who has given birth to two children".
PARITY, 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; "parity is often used to check the integrity of transmitted data".
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.
PARITY, noun. (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.
PARITY, noun. Functional equality.

Wise words

Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.
Mohandas Gandhi