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Poke

POKE is a BASIC command to set the contents of a memory address. A typical syntax is

POKE(address,value)

An alternative syntax (used, for example, in CBM Basic V1+) is

POKE address, value

The corresponding command to read from a memory address in BASIC is PEEK.

Poke is also a card game; see Poke (game).

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