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Definition of Disk operating system
1. Noun. An operating system that is on a disk.
Generic synonyms: Operating System, Os
Specialized synonyms: Microsoft Disk Operating System, Ms-dos
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disk Operating System
Literary usage of Disk operating system
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Personal Computer: The People and the Technology by Roy A. Allan (2001)
"IBM wanted the disk operating system by January 1981. Microsoft was already behind
schedule. Software Development Microsoft now started using the Intel 8086 ..."
2. Computer Models for Water-Resources Planning and Management: National Study by Ralph A. Wurbs (1997)
"IBM-compatible desktop computers, operating under the Microsoft Disk Operating.
System (MS-DOS), become the accepted standard microcomputer system for water ..."
3. Guidelines for the Evaluation of Electronic Data Interchange Products by John J. Garguilo, Paul Markovitz (1998)
"... as disk operating system (DOS). Some EDI products are available on many
platforms, ranging from PCs to mainframes. Other products can only be used on ..."
4. 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 ..."
5. Educator's Guide to Electronic Networking: Creating Virtual Communities by Barbara L. Kurshans (1996)
"DOS—disk operating system. A common type of operating system for a personal computer.
Download—The process of moving a file from a host to a personal ..."
6. National Critical Technologies Report 1995 by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"It ranges from rather simple operating systems such as DOS (disk operating system)
on personal computers, to software that allocates tasks among various ..."
7. Global Competitiveness of the U. S. Computer Software and Service Industriesby DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"... of increasingly popular PC-based programs.5 The rapidly growing popularity of
personal computers running Microsoft's disk operating system (DOS) and, ..."
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