NICKLE


Meaning of NICKLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ /ni'kl/ n. ]

[from `nickel', common name for the U.S. 5-cent coin] A nybble + 1; 5 bits. Reported among developers for Mattel's GI 1600 (the Intellivision games processor), a chip with 16-bit-wide RAM but 10-bit-wide ROM. See also deckle , and nybble for names of other bit units.

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