EVENT-DRIVEN
\ɪvˈɛntdɹˈɪvən], \ɪvˈɛntdɹˈɪvən], \ɪ_v_ˈɛ_n_t_d_ɹ_ˈɪ_v_ə_n]\
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A kind of program, such as a graphical userinterface, with a main loop which just waits for events tooccur. Each event has an associated handler which is passedthe details of the event, e.g. mouse button 3 pressed atposition (355, 990).For example, X window system and most Visual Basicapplication programs are event-driven.See also callback.
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).