Computer Science for IGCSE & O level - Data Transmission (Section 10 - No. 27)
What is a potential disadvantage of using parity checks?
They can detect all errors.
They can only detect errors in a single bit.
They are very slow.
They do not provide any error detection.
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Parity checks have limitations. They can miss errors where an even number of bits are changed.