Definition: Even parity: In asynchronous communications, an error-checking technique that sets an extra bit (called a parity bit) to 1 if the number of 1 bits in a one-byte data item adds up to an even number. The parity bit is set to 0 if the number of 1 bits adds up to an odd number. See odd parity and parity checking.

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