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/dif/ 1. A change listing, especially giving differencesbetween (and additions to) different versions of a piece ofsource code or documentation (the term is often used in theplural "diffs"). "Send me your diffs for the Jargon File!"Compare vdiff.2. Specifically, such a listing produced by the diff Unixcommand, especially when used as input to the patch utility(which actually performs the modifications). This is a commonmethod of distributing patches and source updates.3. To compare (whether or not by use of automated tools onmachine-readable files).See also vdiff, mod.
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).