Definition of Microsoft disk operating system

1. Noun. An operating system developed by Bill Gates for personal computers.

Exact synonyms: Ms-dos
Generic synonyms: Disk Operating System, Dos

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Literary usage of Microsoft disk operating system

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Rise of Open Source Licensing: A Challenge to the Use of Intellectual by Mikko Välimäki (2005)
"Soon, however, de facto operating system standard on PC hardware became Microsoft, first with Microsoft disk operating system (MS-DOS) and later with ..."

2. Computer Models for Water-Resources Planning and Management: National Study by Ralph A. Wurbs (1997)
"With a multi-user system, more than one user can run an application. The Microsoft Disk Operating System (MS-DOS) has become a standard for single-user, ..."

3. A History of the Personal Computer: The People and the Technology by Roy A. Allan (2001)
"... technology recorded on a CD-ROM disk. It was an impressive multimedia display running on an IBM computer using the Microsoft disk operating system. ..."

4. Educator's Guide to Electronic Networking: Creating Virtual Communities by Barbara L. Kurshans (1996)
"MSDOS—Microsoft disk operating system. Multiple hosts—See Host. Naming convention—Same as Addressing convention, which see. National Research and Education ..."

5. SAS(R) 9.1 Companion for Windows by SAS Institute (2004)
"In SAS documentation, the acronym DOS refers specifically to MS-DOS, the Microsoft disk operating system, which was developed by Microsoft for IBM. drag in ..."

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