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DOS (dôs, däs)

noun

an operating system that resides on a disk: term used primarily in connection with microcomputers

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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