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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Deckle \Dec"kle\, n. [Cf. G. deckel cover, lid.] (Paper Making) A separate thin wooden frame used to form the border of a hand mold, or a curb of India rubber or other material which rests on and forms the edge of the mold in a paper machine and determines the width of the paper. [Spelt also {deckel}, and {deckle}.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: deckle n 1: rough edge left by a deckle on handmade paper or produced artificially on machine-made paper [syn: {deckle edge}] 2: (paper making) a frame used to form paper pulp into sheets From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: deckle /dek'l/ n. [from dec- and {nybble}; the original spelling seems to have been `decle'] Two {nickle}s; 10 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 {nybble} for other such terms. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: deckle /dek'l/ (From "dec-" and "{nibble}"; the original spelling seems to have been "decle") Two {nickle}s; 10 {bit}s. Reported among developers for {Mattel}'s {GI 1600} (the {Intellivision} games processor), a chip with 16-bit wide {RAM} but 10-bit wide {ROM}. [{Jargon File}] (1994-11-23)
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