DEC ALPHA
\dˈɛk ˈalfə], \dˈɛk ˈalfə], \d_ˈɛ_k ˈa_l_f_ə]\
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A RISC microprocessor from DEC. In November1995, the Alpha was purportedly the fastest non-research chipused in commonly available workstations. It issuperpipelined and superscalar. In February 1996 it wasclocked at 200 MHz and in March 1998 at 666 MHz.
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).