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MS-DOS

Microsoft operating system

SoftwareDOS operating system single-user operating systemQ47604

Also known as DOS

Developer: Microsoft
Founded: August 12, 1981
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1.“MS-DOS: A Brief Introduction”linfo.org/ms-dos.htmlRetrieved 2017-09-13
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Released: August 12, 1981
Latest version: 8.01
Written in: assembly language
License: MIT License
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1.api.github.com/repos/microsoft/ms-dosRetrieved 2024-04-23
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Website: microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/windows_dos_overview.mspx

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MS-DOS is an operating system for x86-based personal computers mostly developed by Microsoft. Collectively, MS-DOS, its alternate branding as IBM PC DOS, and a few operating systems attempting to be compatible with MS-DOS, are sometimes referred to as "DOS". MS-DOS was the main operating system for IBM PC compatibles during the 1980s, from which point it was gradually superseded by operating systems offering a graphical user interface (GUI), in various generations of the graphical Microsoft Windows operating system.

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