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Bit Flip
Bit Flip Calculator
Answers to Questions (FAQ)
What is a Bit Flip? (Definition)
A bit flip (or bit flip) refers to the act of intentionally or accidentally changing the value of one or more bits in a binary sequence.
A bit 0 becomes 1, and vice versa.
How to simulate a Bit Flip?
Bit inversion calculations can be performed:
— By binary inversion (NOT operation), by applying a logical NOT to a bit or sequence
Example: Original 0110, after NOT 1001
— By injecting random errors
Example: Data 11001010, corrupted to 11000010 (the 4th bit is inverted, 12% error rate)
What are the common causes of accidental bit flips?
Unintentional bit flips typically result from:
— Ionizing radiation that disrupts memory transistors
— Electrical noise, interference in printed circuit boards or transmission channels
— Hardware wear, aging of memory cells
— Environmental conditions: extreme temperature, humidity, or magnetic fields
What is the relationship between Bit Flip and error-correcting codes (ECC)?
ECCs, such as Hamming and Reed-Solomon codes, detect and correct bit flips by adding redundant bits to the data.
Example: In a Hamming code (7,4), a 4-bit sequence is encoded as 7 bits. If a bit flip occurs, the algorithm identifies and corrects the erroneous bit.
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