Correction is not possible with one parity bit since any bit error in any position creates exactly the same information as bad parity. If more bits are integrated ...

Many types of error-correcting techniques exist, but in data communications, Hamming encoding probably finds the widest use. Unlike serial-port communications that use a single parity bit, Hamming ...

Assume data bit 0, the first data bit, is incorrect. Because bit 0 is incorrect the bits 1, 3, 4, and 5 (lines 1 and 4 equations) may be calculated as incorrect. But the calculation of those bits ...

Whenever we send data — whether it’s audio signals over a phone line, a data stream or a legal document — to someone else, we need to know that what arrives on the other end is identical to what we ...