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DOS

Computing
disk-operating system, often prefixed, as in MS-DOS and PC-DOS; a computer operating system
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DOS

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(computer science)
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

DOS

(operating system)
1. The common abbreviation for MS-DOS.

2. IBM's Disk Operating System.

3. Any disk operating system.
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