Look up: dos

1. DOS
   (operating system) 1. The common abbreviation for MS-DOS. 2. IBM's Disk Operating System. 3. Any disk operating system. (2001-03-16)
   Found on http://foldoc.org/DOS
   
   
2. DOS
   acronym: Department of Space
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3. DOS
   acronym: United States Department of State
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4. Dos
   (Latin) a dowry; the amount of money or goods that is allotted to a woman and her husband upon marriage.
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5. DOS
   Disk operating system.
   Found on http://www.fmi.org/facts_figs/glossary_s
   
   
6. DOS
   Disk Operating System. This is a standard operating system, created by Microsoft before the dawn of Windows. DOS manages how files are stored on your computer. It is controlled through commands typed at the command prompt. Even Windows 95 and Windows 98 are still fundamentally dependent on DOS.
   Found on http://www.mantex.co.uk/samples/glo-1.ht
   
   
7. DOS
   Disk Operating System / Denial of Service, details ...
   Found on http://www.cryer.co.uk/glossary/d/index.
   
   
8. DOS
   Disk Operating System. A software package that makes a computer work with its hardware devices such as hard drive, floppy drive, screen, keyboard, etc.
   Found on http://www.zoo.co.uk/~z0001325/Glossary.
   
   
9. DOS
   [n] - an operating system that is on a disk
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10. DOS
    Denial Of Service + Disk Operating System
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11. DOS
    Disk Operating System. The most-installed operating system for IBM-compatible PC`s. MS-DOS only operates in the x86 real mode.
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12. DOS
    Disk Operating System. Commonly used to refer to MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System) developed by Microsoft Corporation.
    Found on http://www.doconsite.co.uk/directorypage
    
    
13. DOS
    (Digital cameras and photo printers) Disc Operating System. Usually DOS describes the operating system developed by Microsoft for personal computers. (MS-DOS)
    Found on http://www.olympus.co.uk/consumer/208_10
    
    
14. DOS
    Disk Operating System. In modern usage normally applies to the text based operating system first using on Personal Computers from IBM (PCDOS) and Microsoft (MSDOS). Emulations of this operating system can be found in Windows
    Found on http://www.vutrax.co.uk/glossary.htm
    
    
15. DOS
    Disc Operating System - but also now used as shorthand for DR-DOS or MS-DOS - these are the operating systems most commonly used on IBM PC computers and compatibles - they can be used on Acorn computers by using the PC Emulator or a PC expansion card or, on a RiscPC, a PC processor card - they are c...
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16. DOS
    Disk Operating System. This is the operating system used by the original IBM PC and many since.
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17. DOS
    Disk Operating System. Part of the operating system of PC and PC compatible computers
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18. DOS
    Disk Operating System.
    Found on http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/d.html
    
    
19. DOS
    Disk Operating System
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20. DOS
    Disk Operating System (DOS in Windows environment, MacOS in Apple Macintosh environment and Linux et al): Software for computer systems with disk drives that supervises and controls the running of programs. The operating system is 'booted' into the computer from disk by a small program that permanently resides in the memory.
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21. dos
    an operating system program Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)
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22. DOS
    Acronym for 'Microsoft Disk Operating System' used mainly by IBM compatible PCs.
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23. DOS
    disk operating system noun an operating system that is on a disk
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web
    
    
24. DOS
    (from the article `Microsoft Corporation`) ...to produce the essential software, or operating system, for its first personal computer, the IBM PC. Microsoft purchased an operating system from ... ...Gates left Harvard during his junior year and, with Allen, formed Microsoft. Gates`s sway over the infant microcomputer industry greatly in...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/d/68
    
    
25. DOS
    (Disk Operation System)The standard operation system for all computers advertised as 'IBM Compatible'.
    Found on http://www.tyner.com/glossary.htm