SUNSPOTS
\sˈʌnspɒts], \sˈʌnspɒts], \s_ˈʌ_n_s_p_ɒ_t_s]\
Definitions of SUNSPOTS
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1. Notional cause of an odd error. "Why did the programsuddenly turn the screen blue?" "Sunspots, I guess."2. Also the cause of bit rot - from the myth that sunspotswill increase cosmic rays, which can flip single bits inmemory. See also phase of the moon.
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).