Playte

3 definitions found

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

  Playte \Playte\, n. (Naut.)
     See {Pleyt}.
     [1913 Webster]

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



  playte /playt/ 16 bits, by analogy with {nybble} and {{byte}}. Usage:
     rare and extremely silly. See also {dynner} and {crumb}. General
     discussion of such terms is under {nybble}.
  
  

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

  playte
       
           /playt/ 16 {bits}, by analogy with {byte}.
          Usage: rare and extremely silly.
       
          See also {dynner}, {crumb}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1997-12-03)