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@Misc{dads:rt,
  author =	{Paul M. Sant},
  title = 	{"rooted tree"},
  howpublished = {in \emph{Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures} [online], 
    Paul E. Black, ed., U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology},
  month = 	 {17 December}, % ENTRY MODIFIED DATE
  year = 	 {2004},
  note = 	 {(accessed 19 April 2006) % LAST ACCESS DATE
    Available from: http://xlinux.nist.gov/dads/HTML/rootedtree.html},
}

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