Nickle

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nickle \Nic"kle\, n. (Zool.)
     The European woodpecker, or yaffle; -- called also {nicker
     pecker}.
     [1913 Webster]

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:



  nickle /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. See also {deckle}, and {nybble} for names of other bit
     units.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  nickle
       
          /ni'kl/ ["nickel", common name for the US 5-cent coin] A
          {nibble} + 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}.