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In computing, a <b>syllable</b> is a <a href="Units_of_information" title="Units of information">unit of information</a> that describes the size of data for some digital <a href="Computer_hardware" title="Computer hardware">hardware</a> from the 1960s and 1970s. The size of the unit varies by hardware design in much the same way that <a href="Word_(computer_architecture)" title="Word (computer architecture)">word</a> does. The term is not used for modern hardware; standardized terms, such as <a href="Byte" title="Byte">byte</a>, are used instead.

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<ul><li>3-bit: some experimental <a href="Complex_Instruction_Set_Computing" class="mw-redirect" title="Complex Instruction Set Computing">CISC</a> designs<sup id="cite_ref-Jones_2016_CISC_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jones_2016_CISC-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Jones_1988_CISC_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jones_1988_CISC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li><a href="8-bit_computing" title="8-bit computing">8-bit</a>: <a href="English_Electric_KDF9" title="English Electric KDF9">English Electric KDF9</a> (represented as <a href="Syllabic_octal" class="mw-redirect" title="Syllabic octal">syllabic octals</a> and also called <a href="Slob-octal" class="mw-redirect" title="Slob-octal">slob-octals</a><sup id="cite_ref-Beard_1997_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beard_1997-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CCS_2009_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CCS_2009-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or <a href="Slob_(KDF9)" class="mw-redirect" title="Slob (KDF9)">slobs</a> in this context)<sup id="cite_ref-EE_1961_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EE_1961-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="Burroughs_large_systems" class="mw-redirect" title="Burroughs large systems">Burroughs large systems</a> (see also: <a href="Burroughs_B6x00-7x00_instruction_set" title="Burroughs B6x00-7x00 instruction set">Burroughs B6x00-7x00 instruction set</a>)</li>

<li><a href="12-bit_computing" title="12-bit computing">12-bit</a>: NCR computers such as the <a href="NCR_315" title="NCR 315">NCR 315</a><sup id="cite_ref-Schneider_1970_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schneider_1970-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (also called <a href="Slab_(unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Slab (unit)">slabs</a> in this context)<sup id="cite_ref-Schneider_1970_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schneider_1970-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NCR_315_EDPS_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCR_315_EDPS-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bardin_1963_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bardin_1963-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="Burroughs_large_systems" class="mw-redirect" title="Burroughs large systems">Burroughs large systems</a></li>

<li>13-bit: <a href="Saturn_Launch_Vehicle_Digital_Computer" class="mw-redirect" title="Saturn Launch Vehicle Digital Computer">Saturn Launch Vehicle Digital Computer</a> (LVDC)<sup id="cite_ref-Burkey_2009_LVDC_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burkey_2009_LVDC-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="Gemini_Spacecraft_On-Board_Computer" class="mw-redirect" title="Gemini Spacecraft On-Board Computer">Gemini Spacecraft On-Board Computer</a> (OBC)<sup id="cite_ref-Burkey_2010_Gemini_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burkey_2010_Gemini-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>

<ul><li><a href="Catena_(computing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Catena (computing)">Catena (computing)</a> – Base memory unit handled by a computer<span style="display:none" class="category-annotation-with-redirected-description">Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets</span></li>

<li><a href="Nibble" title="Nibble">Nibble</a> – Four-bit unit of binary data</li>

<li><a href="Opcode" title="Opcode">Opcode, aka instruction syllable</a> – Part of a machine instruction</li>

<li><a href="Parcel_(computing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Parcel (computing)">Parcel (computing)</a> – Unit of measure for digital data<span style="display:none" class="category-annotation-with-redirected-description">Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets</span></li>

<li><a href="Syllable" title="Syllable">Syllable</a> – Unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds (in linguistics)</li></ul>

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</style><cite id="CITEREFJones2016" class="citation web cs1">Jones, Douglas W. (2016) [2012]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://homepage.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones/arch/cisc/">"A Minimal CISC"</a>. <i>Computer Architecture On-Line Collection</i>. Iowa City, USA: <a href="The_University_of_Iowa" class="mw-redirect" title="The University of Iowa">The University of Iowa</a>, Department of Computer Science. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160528125208/http://homepage.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones/arch/cisc/">Archived</a> from the original on 2016-05-28<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2016-05-28</span></span>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-Jones_1988_CISC-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Jones_1988_CISC_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFJones1988" class="citation journal cs1">Jones, Douglas W. (June 1988). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1145%2F48675.48684">"A Minimal CISC"</a>. <i>ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture News</i>. <b>16</b> (3). New York, USA: <a href="Association_for_Computing_Machinery" title="Association for Computing Machinery">Association for Computing Machinery</a> (ACM): <span class="nowrap">56–</span>63. <a href="Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1145%2F48675.48684">10.1145/48675.48684</a></span>. <a href="S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:17280173">17280173</a>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-Beard_1997-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Beard_1997_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFBeard1997" class="citation magazine cs1">Beard, Bob (Autumn 1997) [1996-10-01]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/CCS/Archive/Resurrection/pdf/res18.pdf">"The KDF9 Computer — 30 Years On"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="Resurrection_(magazine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Resurrection (magazine)">Resurrection</a> - The Bulletin of the Computer Conservation Society</i>. No. 18. <a href="Computer_Conservation_Society" title="Computer Conservation Society">Computer Conservation Society</a> (CCS). pp. 7–15 [9, 11]. <a href="ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0958-7403">0958-7403</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200727140754/http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/CCS/Archive/Resurrection/pdf/res18.pdf">Archived</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> from the original on 2020-07-27<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2020-07-27</span></span>.</cite> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200427075718/http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/CCS/res/res18.htm#c">[1]</a> (NB. This is an edited version of a talk given to North West Group of the Society at the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester, UK on 1996-10-01. It mentions the term "slob" and "slob-octal" as equivalent to "syllabic octal".)</span>

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<li id="cite_note-CCS_2009-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-CCS_2009_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ourcomputerheritage.org/ccs-n2x2.pdf">"Architecture of the English Electric KDF9 computer"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Version 1. <a href="Computer_Conservation_Society" title="Computer Conservation Society">Computer Conservation Society</a> (CCS). September 2009. CCS-N4X2. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200404195007/http://www.ourcomputerheritage.org/ccs-n2x2.pdf">Archived</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> from the original on 2020-04-04<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2020-07-27</span></span>.</cite> (NB. Refers to Beard's 1997 <a href="#Beard-1997">article</a>.)</span>

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<li id="cite_note-EE_1961-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-EE_1961_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ourcomputerheritage.org/KDF9_Flier.pdf"><i>English Electric KDF9: Very high speed data processing system for Commerce, Industry, Science</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (Product flyer). <a href="English_Electric" title="English Electric">English Electric</a>. c. 1961. Publication No. DP/103. 096320WP/RP0961. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200727143037/http://www.ourcomputerheritage.org/KDF9_Flier.pdf">Archived</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> from the original on 2020-07-27<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2020-07-27</span></span>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-Schneider_1970-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Schneider_1970_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Schneider_1970_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFSchneider2013" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Schneider, Carl (2013) [1970]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=3aN9BwAAQBAJ"><i>Datenverarbeitungs-Lexikon</i></a> [<i>Lexicon of information technology</i>] (in German) (softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed.). Wiesbaden, Germany: <a href="Springer_Fachmedien_Wiesbaden_GmbH" class="mw-redirect" title="Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH">Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH</a> / <a href="Betriebswirtschaftlicher_Verlag_Dr._Th._Gabler_GmbH" class="mw-redirect" title="Betriebswirtschaftlicher Verlag Dr. Th. Gabler GmbH">Betriebswirtschaftlicher Verlag Dr. Th. Gabler GmbH</a>. pp. 201, 308. <a href="Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-663-13618-7">10.1007/978-3-663-13618-7</a>. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-3-409-31831-0</bdi>. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>3-663-13618-3</bdi> / <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-3-663-13618-7</bdi> (ebook)<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2016-05-24</span></span>. pp. 201, 308: <q><i>slab</i>, Abk. aus <i>syllable</i> = Silbe, die kleinste adressierbare Informationseinheit für 12 bit zur Übertragung von zwei Alphazeichen oder drei numerischen Zeichen. <i>(NCR)</i> […] Hardware: Datenstruktur: NCR 315-100 / NCR 315-RMC; Wortlänge: Silbe; Bits: 12; Bytes: –; Dezimalziffern: 3; Zeichen: 2; Gleitkommadarstellung: fest verdrahtet; Mantisse: 4 Silben; Exponent: 1 Silbe (11 Stellen + 1 Vorzeichen)</q> [<i><a href="Slab_(unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Slab (unit)">slab</a></i>, abbr. for <i><a href="Syllable_(linguistics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Syllable (linguistics)">syllable</a></i> = syllable, smallest addressable information unit for 12 bits for the transfer of two alphabetical characters or three numerical characters. <i>(NCR)</i> […] Hardware: Data structure: <a href="NCR_315-100" class="mw-redirect" title="NCR 315-100">NCR 315-100</a> / <a href="NCR_315-RMC" class="mw-redirect" title="NCR 315-RMC">NCR 315-RMC</a>; <a href="Word_length" class="mw-redirect" title="Word length">Word length</a>: Syllable; <a href="Bit" title="Bit">Bits</a>: 12; <a href="Byte" title="Byte">Bytes</a>: –; <a href="Decimal_digit" class="mw-redirect" title="Decimal digit">Decimal digits</a>: 3; Characters: 2; <a href="Floating_point_format" class="mw-redirect" title="Floating point format">Floating point format</a>: hard-wired; <a href="Significand" title="Significand">Significand</a>: 4 syllables; <a href="Exponent" class="mw-redirect" title="Exponent">Exponent</a>: 1 syllable (11 digits + 1 prefix)]</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-NCR_315_EDPS-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-NCR_315_EDPS_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thecorememory.com/NCR_315_EDPS.pdf">"315 Electronic Data Processing System"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <a href="NCR_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="NCR Corporation">NCR</a>. November 1965. NCR MPN ST-5008-15. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160524113545/http://www.thecorememory.com/NCR_315_EDPS.pdf">Archived</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> from the original on 2016-05-24<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2015-01-28</span></span>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-Bardin_1963-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Bardin_1963_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFBardin1963" class="citation journal cs1">Bardin, Hillel (1963). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thecorememory.com/NCR_315_Seminar.pdf">"NCR 315 Seminar"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Computer Usage Communique</i>. <b>2</b> (3). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160524113611/http://www.thecorememory.com/NCR_315_Seminar.pdf">Archived</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> from the original on 2016-05-24.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-Burkey_2009_LVDC-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Burkey_2009_LVDC_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFBurkey2009" class="citation web cs1">Burkey, Ronald (2009-08-21). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://apollo.josefsipek.net/LVDC.html">"Virtual AGC — AGS — LVDC — Gemini: Launch Vehicle Digital Computer (LVDC): Saturn IB and Saturn V Rockets"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160528122247/http://apollo.josefsipek.net/LVDC.html">Archived</a> from the original on 2016-05-28<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2016-05-28</span></span>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-Burkey_2010_Gemini-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Burkey_2010_Gemini_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFBurkey2010" class="citation web cs1">Burkey, Ronald (2010-09-06) [2011]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://apollo.josefsipek.net/Gemini.html">"Gemini Spacecraft Computer (OBC): Layout of Memory Words"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160528122439/http://apollo.josefsipek.net/Gemini.html">Archived</a> from the original on 2016-05-28<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2016-05-28</span></span>.</cite></span>

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<ul><li><a href="Nibble" title="Nibble">nibble</a></li>

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<ul><li><a href="Kilobyte" title="Kilobyte">kilobyte</a></li>

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<li><a href="Gigabyte" title="Gigabyte">gigabyte</a></li></ul>

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