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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.