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DOS (d

s, dôs)

n. Computer Science

An operating system that resides on a disk.

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

DOS [dɒs]

n™ Computing

acronym for

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

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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

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

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backache
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backstroke
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Camara
carbonado
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Endosteal
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FOR
halterneck
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John Dos Passos

Duplex libelli dos est: quod risum movet, Et quod prudenti vitam consilio monet.

Fables by Aesop View in context