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nuclear parity
The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
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2001
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nuclear parity the situation in which two or more nations possessing nuclear weapons have equal or near equal numbers and quality of launch vehicles, warheads, etc., so that no one nation possesses a decisive (or apparently decisive) advantage.
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Parity
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Parity Parity is both an operation and an intrinsic property used to describe particles...of physics focusing on particles smaller than an atomic nucleus). The parity operation is a combination of a left-right trade (mirror reflection...
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parity
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing
parity A function that is computed to provide a check on a group of binary...in the group. The generated sum, a redundant value, is called the parity bit . The parity bit is 0 if the number of 1s in the original group was even. The parity...
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Purchasing Power Parity
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Purchasing Power Parity Purchasing power parity (PPP) is the theoretical proposition that national currencies...Canadian goods would rapidly decline to zero. Purchasing power parity may be thought of as ruling out this possibility. The literature...
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"Parity" in Naval Defense
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
"PARITY" IN NAVAL DEFENSE "PARITY" IN NAVAL DEFENSE. "Parity" was the philosophy behind the naval armament treaties adopted at the Washington Conference of 1921 and 1922. The United States agreed to reduce its capitalship and aircraft carrier...
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parity check
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing
parity check ( odd-even check ) The computation, or recomputation for verification, of a parity bit to determine if a prescribed parity condition is present. See parity . See also checksum .
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