Error Checking Flashcards
1
Q
How does even parity work?
A
The parity bit is either 1 or 0 to make the sum of 1s an even number
2
Q
What is majority voting?
A
Each bit is transmitted 3 times, the receiver will take the most common bit of each 3 bit transmission
3
Q
What is a check digit?
A
A digit added to the end of binary data, calculated from the other digits in the data, used to spot human errors on data entry
4
Q
What is the name for the type of error?:
A decimal value is converted to floating point but it cannot be represented exactly in the available number of bits
A
Rounding error
5
Q
What is the name of the type of error?:
A calculation is performed and the result of the calculation is so close to zero that the number stored is zero
A
Underflow error
