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nickle /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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