Talk:Parity

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"Parity is deciding whether something is even or odd." So parity is a verb? Or is it a person with a rather odd occupation? No pun intended.

It has many meanings but in this article I think it is being used as a noun describing the even-ness or odd-ness of a number. IE: "The quantum-mechanical selection rule states that parity must change from odd to even or from even to odd." Rlee0001 16:57 Oct 19, 2002 (UTC)

the article is really confused. parity is not about whether a number is even or odd, but about whether the sum of all the bits is even or odd. In binary, the following number is odd parity even though it is an even number: 00001110; and this number is even parity even though it is an odd number: 00110011. Waveguy 01:34, 12 Sep 2003 (UTC)

Can anyone confirm that supposed mathematics definition of parity? Also, I like the random virus info but it doesn't fit, at least not under the mathematics entry.