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Parity

Parity may refer to:

* Parity (computing)
** Parity bit in computing, sets the parity of data for the purpose of error detection
** Parity flag in computing, indicates if the number of set bits is odd or even in the binary representation of the result of the last operation
** Parity file in data processing, created in conjunction with data files and used to check data integrity and assist in data recovery

* Parity (mathematics), indicates whether a number is even or odd
** Parity of a permutation, indicates whether a permutation has an even or odd number of inversions
** Parity function, a Boolean function whose value is 1 if the input vector has an odd number of ones
** Parity learning, a problem in machine learning
** Parity of even and odd functions

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