freckle

n : a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin

v 1: become freckled; "I freckle easily"

2: mark with freckles

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)