释义 |
bit count appendage bit count appendage[′bit ‚kau̇nt ə′pen·dij] (computer science) One of the two-byte elements replacing the parity bit stripped off each byte transferred from main storage to disk volume (the other element is the cyclic check); these two elements are appended to the block during the write operation; on a subsequent read operation these elements are calculated and compared to the appended elements for accuracy. |