BATCH FILE
\bˈat͡ʃ fˈa͡ɪl], \bˈatʃ fˈaɪl], \b_ˈa_tʃ f_ˈaɪ_l]\
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(Or script) A text file containingoperating system commands which are executed automaticallyby the command-line interpreter. In Unix, this is calleda "shell script" since it is the Unix shell which includesthe command-line interpreter. Batch files can be used as asimple way to combine existing commands into new commands.In Microsoft Windows, batch files have filename extension,".bat" or ".cmd". A special example is autoexec.bat whichMS-DOS runs when Windows starts.
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).