15th amendment
noun
an amendment to the u.s. const-tution, ratified in 1870, prohibiting the restriction of voting rights “on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”.
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[siks-teen-geyj] /ˈsɪks tinˈgeɪdʒ/ adjective of, pertaining to, or being a size of shotgun sh-ll having a diameter of 0.662 inches (1.68 cm). of, pertaining to, or being a shotgun using such a sh-ll.
- 16-bit application
operating system software for ms-dos or microsoft windows which originally ran on the 16-bit intel 8088 and 80286 microprocessors. these used a segmented address sp-ce to extend the range of addresses from what is possible with just a 16-bit address. programs with more than 64 kilobytes of code or data therefore had to waste time […]
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hardware a uart with a one-byte fifo buffer. the 16450 is a higher speed, fixed version of the 8250. it was superseded by the 16550. the 16450 was used for the ibm pc at and ps/2 but will not work in a ibm pc xt. (2004-03-21)
- 16550
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