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As described above, a bias is a preference, probability, or tendency of values for bits within a set of bits to exhibit a specific data pattern. In one embodiment, the known bias is a known ratio of binary ones and binary zeroes within a set of bits or groupings of sets of bits. The known ratio, in one embodiment, may be expressed as a proportion or percentage between zero and one, a ratio of zero representing a bias of exclusively one value and a ratio of one representing a bias of exclusively the other value. In one embodiment, the known ratio is greater than zero and less than one, meaning that the known ratio is offset between a ratio of exclusively one binary value and a ratio of exclusively the opposite binary. If the known ratio is greater than zero and less than one, a deviation in the read bias of the data set may occur in either direction from the known ratio and still remain detectable by the configuration module 352.

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