BINHEX
\bˈɪnhɛks], \bˈɪnhɛks], \b_ˈɪ_n_h_ɛ_k_s]\
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A Macintosh format for representing a binaryfile using only printable characters. The file isconverted to lines of letters, numbers and punctuation.Because BinHex files are simply text they can be sent throughmost electronic mail systems and stored on most computers.However the conversion to text makes the file larger, so ittakes longer to transmit a file in BinHex format than if thefile was represented some other way.Filename extension: .hqx.See also BinHex 4.0, uuencode.[Encoding algorithm?]
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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).