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DOS

(dŏs, dôs)

Any of a family of operating systems that use command lines and were originally developed for personal computers made by IBM.

[d(isk) o(perating) s(ystem).]

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DOS

(dɒs)

n acronym for

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

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DOS

(dɔs, dɒs)

n.

an operating system for microcomputers.

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

DOS

Department of State.

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Noun	1.	DoS - the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789" Department of State, State Department, United States Department of State, State executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States Foggy Bottom - United States Department of State, which is housed in a building in a low-lying area of Washington near the Potomac River Bureau of Diplomatic Security, DS - the bureau in the State Department that is responsible for the security of diplomats and embassies overseas Foreign Service - the part of the State Department that supplies diplomats for the United States embassies and consulates around the world Bureau of Intelligence and Research, INR - an agency that is the primary source in the State Department for interpretive analyses of global developments and focal point for policy issues and activities of the Intelligence Community
	2.	DOS - an operating system that is on a disk disk operating system operating system, OS - (computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services

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DOS

(Comput) abbr of disk operating system → DOS nt

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DOS

[dɒs] n abbr (Comput) =disk operating system → DOS m

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