Assertion: parity | /r/CapableOf | add single bit
Facets:
value: for any data word
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Parity adds a single bit that indicates whether the number of ones (bit-positions with values of one) in the preceding data was even or odd.
text: For instance, parity includes a single bit for any data word, so assuming ASCII words with seven bits, Hamming described this as an (8,7) code, with eight bits in total, of which seven are data.