APOLLO COMPUTER
\ɐpˈɒlə͡ʊ kəmpjˈuːtə], \ɐpˈɒləʊ kəmpjˈuːtə], \ɐ_p_ˈɒ_l_əʊ k_ə_m_p_j_ˈuː_t_ə]\
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A company making workstations often used forCAD.From 1980 to 1987, Apollo were the largest manufacturer ofnetwork workstations. Apollo workstations ran Aegis, aproprietary operating system with a Posix-compliant Unixalternative frontend. Apollo's networking was particularlyelegant, among the first to allow demand paging over thenetwork, and allowing a degree of network transparency andlow sysadmin-to-machine ratio that is still unmatched.Apollo's largest customers were Mentor Graphics (electronicdesign), GM, Ford, Chrysler, and Boeing (mechanical design).Apollo was acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 1989, andgradually closed down over the period 1990-1997.
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).