English Dictionary: Nickle | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for Nickle | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Nickle \Nic"kle\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The European woodpecker, or yaffle; -- called also {nicker pecker}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
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. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
nickle /ni'kl/ ["nickel", common name for the US 5-cent coin] A {nibble} + 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}. |