check bit

check bit definition - telecom
A bit added to an array of information bits at the originating device and used by the receiving device to check for errors that might have occurred during transmission. See also parity bit.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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