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MS-DOS en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˌɛmɛsˈdɒs/

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Microsoft Disk Operating System, an operating system for IBM-compatible personal computers in the 1980s and 1990s, eventually succeeded by standalone versions of Microsoft Windows.
   alt of Microsoft Disk Operating System
   • In its MS-DOS, Version 6.22, Microsoft added a legally correct version of data compression and enhanced the operating system's safety features. 1994 August 29, John M. Goodman, “The DOS heavyweights go another round”, in InfoWorld, page 87:

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