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• ickle /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....
• 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....
• 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....
• 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....
• 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....
• 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....
• MIPS: /mips/ [abbreviation] n. 1. A measure of computing speed
  formally, `Million Instructions Per Second' (that's 10^6 per second, not 2^(20)!...
• playte: /playt/ 16 bits, by analogy with {nybble} and {{byte}}.
  Usage: rare and extremely silly. See also {dynner} and {crumb}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• widdle: n. 1. Tilde (ASCII 1111110, `~'). Also called `squiggle', `sqiggle' (sic --- pronounced /skig'l/), and `twaddle', but twiddle is the most common term.
  2. A small and insignificant change to a program....