nickle

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

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 (8 July 2008)

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}.

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