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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>deckle</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../D.html" title="D"/><link rel="previous" href="decay.html" title="decay"/><link rel="next" href="DED.html" title="DED"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">deckle</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="decay.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">D</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="DED.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="deckle"/><dt xmlns="" id="deckle"><b>deckle</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/dek´l/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [from dec- and <a href="../N/nybble.html"><i class="glossterm">nybble</i></a>; the original spelling
seems to have been <span class="firstterm">decle</span>] Two
<a href="../N/nickle.html"><i class="glossterm">nickle</i></a>s; 10 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 <a href="../N/nybble.html"><i class="glossterm">nybble</i></a> for
other such terms.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="decay.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../D.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="DED.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">decay </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> DED</td></tr></table></div></body></html>