DOS
any of several single-user, command-driven operating systems for personal computers, especially MS DOS.
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Computers. denial-of-service: DoS protection for web servers.
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How to use DOS in a sentence
In 1998, Joel Thomas Zimmerman was 16 years old, noodling around with vintage DOS music software like Impulse Tracker.
Despite signing paperwork and a checklist of DOS and don'ts, I was in way over my head.
My ‘Kink’ Nightmare: James Franco’s BDSM Porn Documentary ‘Kink’ Only Tells Part of the Story | Aurora Snow | August 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs Sherman herself starred in that series, so Franco stars–in drag–in his re-DOS.
He took pride in helping struggling Brazilians like Pereira DOS Santos.
The Brutal Fall of Brazilian Billionaire Eike Batista | Mac Margolis | June 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTDOS Passos interweaved the stories of his more proletarian subjects with biographies of some well-known Americans.
At the end of the stone bridge, at the ponte DOS tres pontes, next to Recife, the guards are more numerous and strict.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria Graham"Keep cool, Wes," MacHenery whispered to his opponent as they DOS-à-doed back into position.
The Great Potlatch Riots | Allen Kim LangHis brother Lawrence having fallen ill of consumption, Washington went with him to Barba-DOS, where he had an attack of smallpox.
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies | H. A. (Hlne Adeline) GuerberThe "DOS Estrellas" Mine is yet another example of this successful district.
Mexico | Charles Reginald EnockThere are very few lakes in Brazil, and only one worth speaking of—the Lagoa DOS Platos—which is 150 miles long.
Martin Rattler | R.M. Ballantyne
British Dictionary definitions for DOS
/ (dɒs) /
disk-operating system, often prefixed, as in MS-DOS and PC-DOS; a computer operating system
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