According to some embodiments, a parity check is provided for ternary
content addressable memory. For example, it may be arranged for a read
request to be transmitted to a ternary content addressable memory unit.
Data content may then be received from the memory unit in response to the
read request, a parity check may be performed on the data content.
According to some embodiments, parity information may be masked when the
memory unit is queried.