DARTMOUTH BASIC
\dˈɑːtməθ bˈe͡ɪsɪk], \dˈɑːtməθ bˈeɪsɪk], \d_ˈɑː_t_m_ə_θ b_ˈeɪ_s_ɪ_k]\
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The original BASIC language, designed by JohnG. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz at Dartmouth College in 1963.Dartmouth BASIC first ran on a GE 235 [date?] and on an IBM704 on 1964-05-01. It was designed for quick and easyprogramming by students and beginners using Dartmouth'sexperimental time-sharing system. Unlike most later BASICdialects, Dartmouth BASIC was compiled.
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).