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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>nickle</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="../N.html" title="N"/><link rel="previous" href="nick.html" title="nick"/><link rel="next" href="night-mode.html" title="night mode"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">nickle</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="nick.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">N</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="night-mode.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="nickle"/><dt xmlns="" id="nickle"><b>nickle</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/ni´kl/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [from &#8216;nickel&#8217;, common name for the U.S. 5-cent coin] A
<a href="nybble.html"><i class="glossterm">nybble</i></a> + 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
<a href="../D/deckle.html"><i class="glossterm">deckle</i></a>, and <a href="nybble.html"><i class="glossterm">nybble</i></a> for names
of other bit units.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="nick.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../N.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="night-mode.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">nick </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> night mode</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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