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Is a hamming code usually used for single bit error correction?

How are hamming code and parity bits related? Where can I read about this?

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Is this homework? It seems particularly vague. – Paul Oct 25 '11 at 3:56
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Sounds like homework. Have you read the Wikipedia page? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamming_code – Chris Thompson Oct 25 '11 at 4:13
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closed as not a real question by Chris Thompson, RedGrittyBrick, techie007, Nifle, rrazd Oct 26 '11 at 13:12

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