A parallel cable is made up of 25 wires which can transmit information simultaneously. Its most common uses are connecting printers, scanners, external drives and connecting to other computers for data transfer. A female 25 pin connector situated at the back of computers that enables the connection of peripheral devices and other computers via a parallel cable . Parameter A word, number, or symbol that is typed after a command to further specify how the command should function. A unit of data that is 8 bits long would have no parity, and a unit of data 7 bits long would have an even parity bit to make an 8 bit word.
Parity is used to check a unit of data for errors during transmission over all types of media .
Parsing Parsing data refers to the process by which programming data input is broken into smaller, more distinct chunks of information that can be more easily interpreted and acted upon. The process of arriving at better decisions, not a process of optimization, but rather a process of negotiation, using consensus-building methods, among those with different points of view and value systems to find a satisfying design solution. Often called dialectics. Partition is a portion of a hard disk that can be formatted with a file system, or combined with other partitions to form a larger logical drive . Password A code used to gain access to a locked system.