A parity bit is used to detect an error in data transmission caused by noise.

More Questions from Number Systems and Codes

• The ASCII code is a special code that represents all alphanumeric data.
• Adding an odd-parity bit to ASCII hex code 2B results in 10101011.
• The binary number system is fundamental to all digital computers.
• Zeros may be added to the left of the MSB to produce even groups of 4 bits when converting from binary to hexadecimal.
• The hexadecimal numbering system uses base 15.
• Most computers store binary data in groups of 32 bits called Dwords.
• Binary-coded-decimal numbers use only binary numbers between 0000 and 1001.
• A string of 64 bits has 9 bytes.
• A binary number with four digits has a maximum value of 15.
• The 1's complement of a binary number is derived by changing 0s to 1s and 1s to 0s.

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