This document discusses exclusive-OR (XOR) functions and their applications in digital design, including parity generation and checking. It defines XOR and XNOR, lists their identities and properties. Odd and even functions are described as those with an odd or even number of 1s, respectively. Parity generation uses XOR gates to create a parity bit that makes the total number of 1s even. Parity checking detects errors by checking if the received parity corresponds to the transmitted parity. Both generation and checking can be implemented with XOR gates.