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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[nik-nak] /ˈnɪkˌnæk/ noun 1. . [nik-nak] /ˈnɪkˌnæk/ noun 1. an ornamental trinket or gimcrack; a bit of bric-a-brac.
- Nick-nack
/ˈnɪkˌnæk/ noun 1. a variant spelling of knick-knack
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[nik-nak] /ˈnɪkˌnæk/ noun 1. . [nik-nak] /ˈnɪkˌnæk/ noun 1. an ornamental trinket or gimcrack; a bit of bric-a-brac.
- Nickname
[nik-neym] /ˈnɪkˌneɪm/ noun 1. a name added to or substituted for the proper name of a person, place, etc., as in affection, ridicule, or familiarity: He has always loathed his nickname of “Whizzer.”. 2. a familiar form of a proper name, as Jim for James and Peg for Margaret. verb (used with object), nicknamed, nicknaming. […]
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