ARITH-MATIC
\ˈaɹɪθmˈatɪk], \ˈaɹɪθmˈatɪk], \ˈa_ɹ_ɪ_θ_m_ˈa_t_ɪ_k]\
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An extension of Grace Hopper's A-2 programminglanguage, developed in about 1955. ARITH-MATIC was originallyknown as A-3, but was renamed by the marketing department ofRemington Rand UNIVAC. (http://cispom.boisestate.edu/cis221emaxson/hophtm.htm).[How was A-2 extended?]
By Denis Howe
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).