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MS DOS

or MS-DOS

[ em-es daws, -dos ]
/ ˈɛmˌɛs ˈdɔs, -ˈdɒs /

Trademark.

an operating system for personal computers, originally developed by Microsoft for IBM computers.

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RELATED WORDS

executive, dos, OS, UNIX, Windows
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British Dictionary definitions for ms-dos

MS-DOS

/ (ɛmˈɛsˈdɒs) /

noun

trademark computing a type of disk operating system

Word Origin for MS-DOS

C20: from M (icro) s (oft), the company that developed it, + DOS
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