Algae

:This article is about an organism. See algae programming language for a programming language in computing.

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The algae (singular alga) comprise several different groups of living organisms usually found in wet places or water bodies and that capture light energy through photosynthesis, converting inorganic substances into simple sugars with the captured energy. Algae were traditionally regarded as simple plants, and some are closely related to the higher plants. Others appear to represent different protist groups, alongside other organisms that are traditionally considered more animal-like (protozoa). Thus algae do not represent a single evolutionary group, but a level of organization that may have developed several times in the early evolutionary history of life on earth.

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Algae range from single-celled organisms to multi-cellular organisms, some with fairly complex differentiated form and called seaweeds. All lack leaves, roots, flowers, and other organ structures that characterize higher plants. They are distinguished from other protozoa in that they are photoautotrophic, although this is not a hard and fast distinction as some groups may contain members that are mixotrophic, deriving energy both from photosynthesis as well as through the uptake of organic carbon either by osmotrophy, myzotrophy, or phagotrophy. Some unicellular algae rely entirely on external energy sources and have reduced or lost their photosynthetic apparatus.

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All algae have photosynthetic machinery ultimately derived from the cyanobacteria, and so produce oxygen as a by-product of photosynthesis, unlike other, non-cyanobacterial photosynthetic bacteria.

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Algae are common in terrestrial as well as aquatic environments, but usually inconspicuous on the land and more common in moist, tropical climates (see, however Lichens). The various sorts of algae play significant roles in aquatic ecology. Microscopic forms that live suspended in the water column, called phytoplankton, provide the food base for most marine food chains. In very high densities (so-called algal blooms) they may discolor the water and outcompete or poison other life forms. The seaweeds grow mostly in shallow marine waters; some are used as human food or are harvested for useful substances such as agar or fertilizer. The study of algae is called phycology or algology.

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Algae programming language: In computing, the algae programming language is an interpreted programming language for numerical analysis, a branch of mathematics. Its interpreter is available under GPL. The language was designed by Scott Hunziker and Mike Brennan....

Programming language: :An has been proposed. Please refer to it for large rewrites....

Computing: Originally, the word computing was synonymous with counting and calculating, and a science that deals with the original sense of computing mathematical calculations....

Algae related Images and Photos (experimental)

Coralline Red Algae Bossiella Rhodophyta. California USA	The Green Algae Chlamydomonas with its Two Flagella	Green Algae Micrasterias a Flat Placoderm Desmid with Highly Lobed Semicells	Volvox a Single Celled Motile Green Algae with Two Equal Flagella
Sea Palms Postelsia Palmaeformis Brown Algae on Intertidal Rocks Pacific Coast of North America	Synura Is a Chrysophyte or Golden-Brown Algae	Close-Up of a Brain Coral the Green Color Is Due to Zooanthellae Algae