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.