Answer the following questions:
1. Explain how the error card trick from the Error Detection lesson uses a parity scheme. Was it an even or odd parity scheme?
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2. What are some of the limitations of using parity bits for error detection?
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3. Another type of error detection is a check sum. Research what a check sum is and then describe it in your own words. Can a check sum identify where an error occurs?
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4. (Optional) Explain in your own words the difference between error detection and error correction. Describe how the error correction process used in the video above allows the computer to fix errors.
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