Definitions for "Odd Parity"
Keywords:  parity, error, bit, intact, checks
This is a way to detect errors in data that is being transmitted in which the parity bit checks for odd numbers of 1s.
An error-checking system in which the sending device adds an extra bit set to 0 or 1 as necessary to make the total of 1 bits add up to an odd number. The receiving device adds the 1 bits and if the total is an odd number, it assumes the message came through intact.
An error-checking protocol in which the parity bit is set to 1 if the number of 1 digits in a byte adds up to an even number.