EXPANSION CARD
\ɛkspˈanʃən kˈɑːd], \ɛkspˈanʃən kˈɑːd], \ɛ_k_s_p_ˈa_n_ʃ_ə_n k_ˈɑː_d]\
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A circuit board which can be plugged into one of acomputer's expansion slots to provide some optional extrafacility such as additional RAM, disk controller,coprocessor, graphics accelerator, communication device orsome special-purpose interface.Different computers have different standards for the cardsthey accept, e.g. PCI.
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).