Disc Operating System

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
DOS
Pronunciation
/dɪsk ˈɔpərˌeɪtɪŋ ˈsɪstəm/
Category
Miscellaneous
Related Field
Unclassified

Examples in Context

  1. In1987, a beginning computer user was overheard saying in a New York store that he was having trouble learning Microsoft DOS, the new disc operating system for personal computers.
  2. Structure imposed on a floppy disc by an operating system utility program.
  3. The spreading of sector addresses around the disc gives the operating system time to process each before the next reaches the read-write head.

Other meanings of DOS

Denial Of Service Computing
Denail Of Service Misc
Disk Operating System Gov
Disk Operating Systems Misc
Disk Operation System Misc
Department Of State Gov
Density Of States Academic
Degradation Of Service Misc
Degrees Of Separation Academic
Director Of Sales Business