Quick Answer: What Is Microsoft Disk Operating System?

Quick Answer: What Is Microsoft Disk Operating System?
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MS-DOS

Operating system

What is meant by disk operating system?

The term can also refer to a particular family of disk operating systems, most commonly MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System). An operating system (OS) is the software that controls a computer’s hardware and peripheral devices and allows other programs to function.

What is Microsoft Disk?

Short for Microsoft Disk Operating System, MS-DOS is a non-graphical command line operating system derived from 86-DOS that was created for IBM compatible computers. MS-DOS allows the user to navigate, open, and otherwise manipulate files on their computer from a command line instead of a GUI like Windows.

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