Definitions for Pokey
pokey

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky, pokeyadjective

   a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

2. dilatory, laggard, poky, pokeyadjective

   wasting time

3. jerkwater, one-horse, pokey, pokyadjective

   small and remote and insignificant

   "a jerkwater college"; "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns"

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1. pokeynoun

   prison.

2. pokeyadjective

   of small volume, cramped

3. pokeyadjective

   slow

4. pokeyadjective

   fast

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1. POKEY

   POKEY, an acronym for Pot Keyboard Integrated Circuit, is a digital I/O chip designed by Doug Neubauer at Atari, Inc. for the Atari 8-bit family of home computers. It was first released with the Atari 400 and Atari 800 in 1979 and is included in all later models and the Atari 5200 console. POKEY combines functions for reading paddle controllers (potentiometers) and computer keyboards as well as sound generation and a source for pseduo-random numbers. It produces four voices of distinctive square wave audio, either as clear tones or modified with distortion settings. Neubauer also developed the Atari 8-bit killer application Star Raiders which makes use of POKEY features. POKEY chips are used for audio in many arcade video games of the 1980s including Centipede, Missile Command, Asteroids Deluxe, and Gauntlet. Some of Atari's arcade systems use multi-core versions with 2 or 4 POKEYs in a single package for more audio channels. The Atari 7800 console allows a game cartridge to contain a POKEY, providing better sound than the system's audio chip. Only two licensed games make use of this: the ports of Ballblazer and Commando. The LSI chip has 40 pins and is identified as C012294. The USPTO granted U.S. Patent 4,314,236 to Atari on February 2, 1982 for an "Apparatus for producing a plurality of audio sound effects". The inventors listed are Steven T. Mayer and Ronald E. Milner. No longer manufactured, POKEY is emulated in software by arcade and Atari 8-bit emulators and also via the Atari SAP music format and associated player.

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1. pokey

   Pokey is an informal term or slang that can refer to several things based on the context in which it's used. It can refer to a jail or prison. In other contexts, it's used to describe something or someone that is moving too slowly or is not as fast as expected. Furthermore, it can also refer to a type of fish or a sharp pointed object.

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1. Pokeyadjective

   see Poky

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How to pronounce Pokey?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Pokey in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Pokey in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Pokey in a Sentence

1. Norris Trent:

   What a stunning place to become French. Its better than a pokey town hall, you really feel privileged, and so its quite a clever strategy.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Pokey
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pokey
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokey
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Pokey
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Pokey