Calculating an LDPC Note: the 3rd parity bit should be 0, not 1 LDPCs append a series of parity bits to a message. Usually the encoded stream is relatively long — 1024 bits would be a short message.

I got into an argument with a colleague about RAID levels (specifically RAID5) and whether the redundancy was accomplished through parity or ECC. The standard sources all refer to the RAID5 array ...