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MS-DOSin full Microsoft Disk Operating SystemOperating system for personal computers. MS-DOS was based on DOS, developed in 1980 by Seattle Computer Products. Microsoft Corp. bought the rights to DOS in 1981, and released MS-DOS with IBM's PC that year. Thereafter, most manufacturers of personal computers licensed MS-DOS as their operating system; by the early 1990s more than 100 million copies had been sold. Windows, a graphical user interface program based on MS-DOS, became a popular alternative with the release of Version 3.0 in 1990; Windows 95 fully integrated the operating system and the graphical interface. MS-DOS (MicroSoft-Disk Operating System) A single user operating system for PCs from Microsoft. It was functionally identical to IBM's PC-DOS version, except that starting with DOS 6, MS-DOS and PC-DOS each provided different sets of utility programs. Both MS-DOS and PC-DOS are called DOS. See DOS.
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No references found | A large number of examples are presented that pertain to the most popular and innovative operating systems, including Solaris, Linux, MS-DOS, Windows, IBM OS, and Apple Mac. The Andes 3 has available driver compatibility with Windows 95, 98, 2000 and XP in addition to full MS-DOS and Windows compatibility. 11, 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP and Vista), Linux distributions (Red Hat, SuSE, Mandriva, Debian and Fedora Core), FreeBSD, OS/2, eComStation and MS-DOS. |
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MS XML MS&A MS&ATA MS&E MS&K MS&L MS&LR MS&R MS&T MS&W MS+ Ms-222 MS-3 MS-AC MS-AR MS-BASIC MS-CC MS-CHAP MS-CL Ms-contin Ms-contin Ms-contin MS-CRE MS-DBB MS-DFD MS-DOG MS-DOS MS-DOS batch filesMS-DOS Executive MS-DOS Internal Network Drive Scheme MS-DOS Shell MS-EDF MS-EECS MS-ERE MS-ERN MS-FBPM MS-FT MS-GSC MS-HUG MS-I MS-II MS-III MS-ISAC MS-IV MS-LSD MS-MS MS-Net MS-OFMSW Ms-PL MS-R MS-RC | |||||||
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