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DOS

1

[ daws, dos ]

noun

, Computers.
  1. any of several single-user, command-driven operating systems for personal computers, especially MS DOS.


DOS

2

abbreviation for

DoS

3

[ daws, dos, dee-oh-es ]

abbreviation for

  1. Computers. denial-of-service:

    DoS protection for web servers.

DOS

/ dɒs /

acronym for

  1. disk-operating system, often prefixed, as in MS-DOS and PC-DOS; a computer operating system
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of DOS1

d(isk) o(perating) s(ystem)
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Example Sentences

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.

As 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.

Dos 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.

"Keep cool, Wes," MacHenery whispered to his opponent as they dos-à-doed back into position.

His brother Lawrence having fallen ill of consumption, Washington went with him to Barba-dos, where he had an attack of smallpox.

The "Dos Estrellas" Mine is yet another example of this successful district.

There are very few lakes in Brazil, and only one worth speaking of—the Lagoa dos Platos—which is 150 miles long.

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