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Nickle

/ni-kəl/

[from 'nickel', common name for the U.S. 5-cent coin]

n. 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.

Night Mode n.

See phase (of people).