DOS

[ daws, dos ]

/ dɔs, dɒs /

noun Computers.

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

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Origin of DOS

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

Words nearby DOS

dorty, Dorval, dory, doryman, dory skiff, DOS, dos-à-dos, dosage, do's and don'ts, dose, dose equivalent

Definition for DOS (2 of 3)

DOS

Department of State.

Definition for DOS (3 of 3)

DoS

[ daws, dos, dee-oh-es ]

/ dɔs, dɒs, ˈdiˌoʊˈɛs /

Computers. denial-of-service: DoS protection for web servers.

Example sentences from the Web for DOS

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|DAILY BEAST
Dos Passos interweaved the stories of his more proletarian subjects with biographies of some well-known Americans.
Individual Lives in an Unforgiving America|Michael Tomasky|May 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
They are a congressional odd couple, dos amigos with a powerful third working in the wings.
Immigration’s Odd Couple: Two Puerto Rican Congressmen Forge a Deal|Sandra McElwaine|May 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The technology was still slow-ish, and I had to dictate into DOS and subsequently convert documents into Windows.
‘Miracle Boy Grows Up’: Ben Mattlin Speaks to Jay McInerney|Jay McInerney|December 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Dos conservative is in denial of the evidence by comparison with other civilised, developed countries.
Accomplices to Murder|Harold Evans|April 5, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The men silently exchanged glances, all remembering their fruitless attempts to make a trail over the Dos Hermanas.
The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy|Florence Partello Stuart
This, with a number of similar specimens, was obtained from an ancient grave at Dos Pueblos, Cal.
Art in Shell of the Ancient Americans|William H. Holmes
Pueblos de candon Dos leguas adelante estan los Pueblos de candon tienen como mil y oçhoçientos hombres.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803, Volume V., 1582-1583|Various
Further left is the steeple of the church dos Clerigos, said to be the loftiest in Portugal after that of Mafra.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 20, Issue 559, July 28, 1832|Various
Our party, three in number, reached Dos Rios in the morning and began work at the station with the women who were selling there.
In Indian Mexico (1908)|Frederick Starr

British Dictionary definitions for DOS

DOS

/ (dɒs) /

n acronym for trademark computing

disk-operating system, often prefixed, as in MS-DOS and PC-DOS; a computer operating system

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