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• ickle: /ni'kl/ [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....
• deckle /dek'l/ n. [from dec- and nybble; the original spelling seems to have been `decle'] Two nickle
  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....
• deckle: /dek'l/ [from dec- and {nybble}; the original spelling seems to have been `decle'] n.
  Two {nickle}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....
• ybble /nib'l/ (alt. `nibble') n. [from v. `nibble' by analogy with `bite' =&g
  `byte'] Four bits; one hex digit; a half-byte. Though `byte' is now techspeak, this useful relative is still jargon....
• ybble: /nib'l/ (alt. `nibble') [from v. `nibble' by analogy with `bite' => `byte'] n.
  Four bits; one {hex} digit; a half-byte. Though `byte' is now techspeak, this useful relative is still jargon....
• quarter: n. Two bits. This in turn comes from the `pieces of eight' famed in pirate movies --- Spanish silver crowns that could be broken into eight pie-slice-shaped `bits' to make change.
  Early in American history the Spanish coin was considered equal to a dollar, so each of these `bits' was considered worth 12....
• bit bashing n. (alt. `bit diddling' or bit twiddling) Term used to describe any of several kinds of low- programming characterized by manipulation of bi
  flag, nybble, and other smaller-than-character-sized pieces of data...
• Computer programmers don't byte, they nybble a bit.
• playte /playt/ 16 bits, by analogy with nybble and byte.
  Usage: rare and extremely silly. See also dynner and crumb....