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MS-DOS

Microsoft disk operating system. An operating system written by Microsoft originally for the IBM-PC. It was a command line operating system used with personal computers. It provided an operating system for the Intel 8086, 186, 286, 386, 486 and Pentium microprocessors.

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command line interfacePersonal Computer (PC)command promptDOSDOS promptoperating system
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