RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (RAM)
\ɹˈandəm ˈaksɛs mˈɛməɹˌi ɹˈam], \ɹˈandəm ˈaksɛs mˈɛməɹˌi ɹˈam], \ɹ_ˈa_n_d_ə_m ˈa_k_s_ɛ_s m_ˈɛ_m_ə_ɹ_ˌi__ ɹ_ˈa_m]\
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The physical memory that is used by a computer. It is a storage device that can be a hard drive, floppy disc or silicon chips that can be accessed by a computers control panel. The data is acted upon randomly and in no specific sequence.
By Henry Campbell Black
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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).