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*{{anchor|3-bit}}[[3-bit]] syllables: some experimental [[Complex Instruction Set Computing|CISC]] designs<ref name="Jones_2016_CISC">{{cite web |title=A Minimal CISC |work=Computer Architecture On-Line Collection |author-first=Douglas W. |author-last=Jones |publisher=[[The University of Iowa]], Department of Computer Science |date=2016 |orig-year=2012 |___location=Iowa City, USA |url=http://homepage.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones/arch/cisc/ |access-date=2016-05-28 |dead-url=no |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528125208/http://homepage.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones/arch/cisc/ |archive-date=2016-05-28}}</ref><ref name="Jones_1988_CISC">{{cite journal |title=A Minimal CISC |author-first=Douglas W. |author-last=Jones<!-- |other=[[The University of Iowa]], Department of Computer Science, Iowa City, USA --> |journal=ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture News |publisher=[[Association for Computing Machinery]] (ACM) |___location=New York, USA |date=June 1988 |volume=16 |issue=3 |pages=56-6356–63 |doi=10.1145/48675.48684 |url=http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=48684&dl=ACM&coll=DL |access-date=2016-05-28}}</ref>
*{{anchor|8-bit}}[[8-bit]] syllables: [[English Electric KDF9]] (represented as [[syllabic octal]]s in this context) and [[Burroughs large systems]] (see also: [[Burroughs B6x00-7x00 instruction set]])
*{{anchor|12-bit}}[[12-bit]] syllables: NCR computers such as the [[NCR 315]]<ref name="Schneider_1970">{{cite book |title=Datenverarbeitungs-Lexikon |language=German |trans-title=Lexicon of information technology |author-first=Carl |author-last=Schneider |date=2013 |orig-year=1970 |publisher=[[Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH]] / [[Betriebswirtschaftlicher Verlag Dr. Th. Gabler GmbH]] |___location=Wiesbaden, Germany |edition=softcover reprint of hardcover 1st |isbn=978-3-409-31831-0<!-- softcover reprint --> |id=ISBN 3-663-13618-3 / ISBN 978-3-663-13618-7 (ebook)<!-- ebook --> |doi=10.1007/978-3-663-13618-7 |pages=201, 308 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3aN9BwAAQBAJ |access-date=2016-05-24 |quote=''slab'', Abk. aus ''syllable''&nbsp;= Silbe, die kleinste adressierbare Informationseinheit für 12 bit zur Übertragung von zwei Alphazeichen oder drei numerischen Zeichen. ''(NCR)'' […] Hardware: Datenstruktur: NCR 315-100&nbsp;/ 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) [''[[slab (unit)|slab]]'', abbr. for ''[[syllable (linguistics)|syllable]]''&nbsp;= syllable, smallest addressable information unit for 12 bits for the transfer of two alphabetical characters or three numerical characters. ''(NCR)'' […] Hardware: Data structure: [[NCR 315-100]]&nbsp;/ [[NCR 315-RMC]]; [[Word length]]: Syllable; [[Bit]]s: 12; [[Byte]]s: –; [[Decimal digit]]s: 3; Characters: 2; [[Floating point format]]: hard-wired; [[Significand]]: 4 syllables; [[Exponent]]: 1 syllable (11 digits + 1 prefix)]}}</ref> (also called [[slab (unit)|slab]]s in this context)<ref name="Schneider_1970"/><ref name="NCR_315_EDPS">{{cite web |url=http://www.thecorememory.com/NCR_315_EDPS.pdf |title=315 Electronic Data Processing System |publisher=[[NCR Corporation|NCR]] |date=November 1965 |id=NCR MPN ST-5008-15 |access-date=2015-01-28 |dead-url=no |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160524113545/http://www.thecorememory.com/NCR_315_EDPS.pdf |archive-date=2016-05-24}}</ref><ref name="Bardin_1963">{{cite journal |author-last=Bardin |author-first=Hillel |date=1963 |title=NCR 315 Seminar |journal=Computer Usage Communique |volume=2 |number=3 |url=http://www.thecorememory.com/NCR_315_Seminar.pdf |dead-url=no |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160524113611/http://www.thecorememory.com/NCR_315_Seminar.pdf |archive-date=2016-05-24}}</ref> and [[Burroughs large systems]]
*{{anchor|13-bit}}[[13-bit]] syllables: [[Saturn Launch Vehicle Digital Computer]] (LVDC)<ref name="Burkey_2009_LVDC">{{cite web |title=Virtual AGC — AGS — LVDC — Gemini: Launch Vehicle Digital Computer (LVDC): Saturn IB and Saturn V Rockets |author-first=Ronald |author-last=Burkey |date=2009-08-21 |url=http://apollo.josefsipek.net/LVDC.html |access-date=2016-05-28 |dead-url=no |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528122247/http://apollo.josefsipek.net/LVDC.html |archive-date=2016-05-28}}</ref> and [[Gemini Spacecraft On-Board Computer]] (OBC)<ref name="Burkey_2010_Gemini">{{cite web |title=Gemini Spacecraft Computer (OBC): Layout of Memory Words |author-first=Ronald |author-last=Burkey |date=2010-09-06 |orig-year=2011 |url=http://apollo.josefsipek.net/Gemini.html<!-- http://www.ibiblio.org/apollo/Gemini.htp --> |access-date=2016-05-28 |dead-url=no |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528122439/http://apollo.josefsipek.net/Gemini.html <!-- https://web.archive.org/web/20160528114015/http://www.ibiblio.org/apollo/Gemini.htp --> |archive-date=2016-05-28}}</ref>
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==See also==