JARGON FILE
\d͡ʒˈɑːɡən fˈa͡ɪl], \dʒˈɑːɡən fˈaɪl], \dʒ_ˈɑː_ɡ_ə_n f_ˈaɪ_l]\
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The on-line hacker Jargon Filemaintained by Eric S. Raymond. A large collection ofdefinitions of computing terms, including much wit, wisdom,and history.Many definitions in this dictionary are from v3.0.0 of1993-07-27.Latest version: 4.4.2 , as of 2003-06-09.Jargon File Home (http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/).See also Yellow Book, Jargon.
By Denis Howe
Word of the day
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).