EXE
\ˌiːˌɛksˈiː], \ˌiːˌɛksˈiː], \ˌiː__ˌɛ_k_s_ˈiː]\
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/eks'ee/ or /eek'see/ or /E-X-E/ An executable binary file.Some operating systems (notably MS-DOS, VMS, and TWENEX) usethe extension .EXE to mark such files. This usage is alsooccasionally found among Unix programmers even though Unixexecutables don't have any required suffix.
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).