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E8D06
What is the advantage of including parity bits in ASCII characters?
Pick an answer to check it.
Answer: D. Some types of errors can be detected
A parity bit makes the count of 1 bits even or odd. If it does not match on receipt, some errors can be detected, though not corrected.
Tip: Parity bit detects some errors.