Was (wer) ist Microsoft Disk Operating System - definition
TYPE OF OPERATING SYSTEM
Disk Operating System; Disc operating system; Disc OS; Disk OS
Microsoft Disk Operating System
![Command Prompt in [[Windows 10]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Command Prompt on Windows 10 RTM.png?width=200 "Command Prompt in [[Windows 10]]")
![MS-DOS 2.11 boot disk for the [[Leading Edge Model D]] in its sleeve](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leading Edge Model D Boot Disk for MS-DOS 2.11.png?width=200 "MS-DOS 2.11 boot disk for the [[Leading Edge Model D]] in its sleeve")
.jpg?width=200 "German MS-DOS 6.2 Update")
![MS-DOS Prompt in [[Windows 95]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Microsoft Windows 95 Version 4.00.1111 command.com MS-DOS Prompt 492x259.png?width=200 "MS-DOS Prompt in [[Windows 95]]")
![MS-DOS 3.3C for the [[PC-9800 series]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/NEC MS-DOS 3.3C.jpg?width=200 "MS-DOS 3.3C for the [[PC-9800 series]]")
![US Navy]] food service management system.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/US Navy 110129-N-7676W-152 Culinary Specialist 3rd Class John Smith uses the existing DOS-based food service management system aboard the aircraft.jpg?width=200 "US Navy]] food service management system.")
MICROSOFT OPERATING SYSTEM
MSDOS; Microsoft DOS; MS DOS; Microsoft Disk Operating System; Ms-dos; Microsoft MS-DOS; MsDOS; MSdos; MSN-DOS Prompt; MS/DOS; MS-DOS 6; MS-DOS 6.22; MS-DOS 7.10; SB-DOS; NCR-DOS; COMPAQ-DOS; Software Bus 86; Ms-Dos; Hebrew MS-DOS; Arabic MS-DOS; ADOS (MS-DOS); HDOS (MS-DOS); MS-DOS 3.2; MS-DOS 5.0; MS-DOS 4.01; MS-DOS 3.20; MS-DOS 5.00; MS-DOS 6.0; MS-DOS 6.00; MS-DOS 6.2; MS-DOS 6.20; MS-DOS 6.21; MS-DOS 7.00; MS-DOS 8.00; MS-DOS 3.0; MS-DOS 3.1; MS-DOS 3.3; MS-DOS 3.31; MS-DOS 3.30; MS-DOS 3.00; MS-DOS 3.10; MS-DOS 3.21; MS-DOS 3.25; MS-DOS 2; MS-DOS 2.00; MS-DOS 2.01; MS-DOS 2.10; MS-DOS 2.11; MS-DOS 2.50; MS-DOS 1.50; MS-DOS 1.51; MS-DOS 1.52; MS-DOS 1.53; MS-DOS 1.54; MS-DOS 1.25; MS-DOS 1.26; MS-DOS 1.27; MS-DOS 1.28; MS-DOS 1.29; MS-DOS 1.30; MS-DOS 1.40; MS-DOS 1.41; MS-DOS 1.20; MS-DOS 1.21; MS-DOS 1.22; MS-DOS 1.23; MS-DOS 1.24; MS-DOS 1.11; MS-DOS 1.12; MS-DOS 1.13; MS-DOS 1.14; ADOS (Microsoft); HDOS (Microsoft); MS-DOS 3.22; Access DOS; MS-DOS 3.4; MS-DOS 3.40; MS-DOS 2.13; TeleVideo PC DOS 2.11; TeleVideo Personal Computer DOS 2.11; TeleVideo PC DOS; TeleVideo Personal Computer DOS; Altos MS-DOS; Altos MS-DOS 2.11; MS-DOS 5.01; HDOS 5.0; Hebrew MS-DOS 5.0; Microsoft Hebrew MS-DOS; Microsoft Hebrew MS-DOS 5.0; Microsoft HDOS; Microsoft HDOS 5.0; Microsoft ADOS 5.0; Microsoft ADOS; Microsoft Arabic MS-DOS 5.0; Microsoft Arabic MS-DOS; Arabic MS-DOS 5.0; ADOS 5.0; ADOS 5.00; HDOS 5.00; ADOS 3.3; Microsoft ADOS 3.3; Microsoft Arabic MS-DOS 3.3; Arabic MS-DOS 3.3; Microsoft HDOS 3.3; Microsoft Hebrew MS-DOS 3.3; Hebrew MS-DOS 3.3; HDOS 3.3; MS-DOS 3.21R; MS-DOS 3.3R; MS-DOS 2.25; MS-DOS 2.12; MS-DOS 2.11R; MS-DOS 3.30R; Tandy MS-DOS 2.11R; MS-DOS 3.22R; Hewlett-Packard MS-DOS 3.22R; HP MS-DOS 3.22R; MS-DOS 3.3A; MS-DOS 3.30A; Microsoft MS-DOS 3.3A; Microsoft MS-DOS 3.30A; MS-DOS 3.3a; MS-DOS 3.30a; Microsoft MS-DOS 3.3a; Microsoft MS-DOS 3.30a; Texas Instruments MS-DOS 2.12; TI MS-DOS 2.12; Compaq MS-DOS 3.31; TI MS-DOS 3.3R; Texas Instruments MS-DOS 3.3R; TI MS-DOS 3.30R; Texas Instruments MS-DOS 3.30R; MS-DOS 2.0; MS-DOS 2.5; AST Premium Exec DOS 5.0; AST Premium Exec DOS; AST Premium Exec MS-DOS; AST MS-DOS 5.0; AST Premium Exec MS-DOS 5.0; MS-DOS 4.0 (IBM-developed); MS-ROMDOS; MS-DOS 4.00 (IBM-developed); MS-DOS 6.x; MS-DOS platforms; MS-DOS Mobile; MS DOS Mobile; TeleVideo Personal Computer DOS 2.0; TeleVideo PC DOS 2.0; MS-DOS 5.00A; MS-DOS 2.2; MS-DOS 2.20; MS-DOS 2.05; Disk Control Program; DCP (operating system); DCP 3.20; DCP 3.30; DCP 3.2; DCP 3.3; MS-DOS 1.2; MS-DOS 1.1; PC MS-DOS; MS-DOS 5; MS-DOS 3; MS-DOS 1; MS-DOS 3.30+; DCP1700; DCP1700 3.20; DCP1700 3.30; DCP 1700; DCP 1700 3.20; DCP 1700 3.30; DCP3.3; WDOS (operating system); MS-Dos
<operating system> /M S doss/ (Or "MS-DOS", "PC-DOS",
"MS-DOG", "mess-dos") Microsoft Corporation's clone of
the CP/M disk operating system for the 8088 crufted
together in 6 weeks by hacker Tim Paterson, who is said to
have regretted it ever since.
MS-DOS is a single user operating system that runs one
program at a time and is limited to working with one megabyte
of memory, 640 kilobytes of which is usable for the
application program. Special add-on EMS memory boards
allow EMS-compliant software to exceed the 1 MB limit.
Add-ons to DOS, such as Microsoft Windows and DESQview,
take advantage of EMS and allow the user to have multiple
applications loaded at once and switch between them.
Numerous features, including vaguely Unix-like but rather
broken support for subdirectories, I/O redirection and
pipelines, were hacked into MS-DOS 2.0 and subsequent
versions; as a result, there are two or more incompatible
versions of many system calls, and MS-DOS programmers can
never agree on basic things like what character to use as an
option switch ("-" or "/"). The resulting mess became the
highest-unit-volume operating system in history. It was
used on many Intel 16 and 32 bit microprocessors and {IBM
PC} compatibles.
Many of the original DOS functions were calls to BASIC (in
ROM on the original IBM PC), e.g. Format and Mode. People
with non-IBM PCs had to buy MS-Basic (later called
GWBasic). Most version of DOS came with some version of
BASIC.
Also know as PC-DOS or simply DOS, ignoring the fact that
there were many other OSes with that name, starting in the
mid-1960s with IBM's first disk operating system for the
IBM 360.
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Microsoft DOS
MICROSOFT OPERATING SYSTEM
MSDOS; Microsoft DOS; MS DOS; Microsoft Disk Operating System; Ms-dos; Microsoft MS-DOS; MsDOS; MSdos; MSN-DOS Prompt; MS/DOS; MS-DOS 6; MS-DOS 6.22; MS-DOS 7.10; SB-DOS; NCR-DOS; COMPAQ-DOS; Software Bus 86; Ms-Dos; Hebrew MS-DOS; Arabic MS-DOS; ADOS (MS-DOS); HDOS (MS-DOS); MS-DOS 3.2; MS-DOS 5.0; MS-DOS 4.01; MS-DOS 3.20; MS-DOS 5.00; MS-DOS 6.0; MS-DOS 6.00; MS-DOS 6.2; MS-DOS 6.20; MS-DOS 6.21; MS-DOS 7.00; MS-DOS 8.00; MS-DOS 3.0; MS-DOS 3.1; MS-DOS 3.3; MS-DOS 3.31; MS-DOS 3.30; MS-DOS 3.00; MS-DOS 3.10; MS-DOS 3.21; MS-DOS 3.25; MS-DOS 2; MS-DOS 2.00; MS-DOS 2.01; MS-DOS 2.10; MS-DOS 2.11; MS-DOS 2.50; MS-DOS 1.50; MS-DOS 1.51; MS-DOS 1.52; MS-DOS 1.53; MS-DOS 1.54; MS-DOS 1.25; MS-DOS 1.26; MS-DOS 1.27; MS-DOS 1.28; MS-DOS 1.29; MS-DOS 1.30; MS-DOS 1.40; MS-DOS 1.41; MS-DOS 1.20; MS-DOS 1.21; MS-DOS 1.22; MS-DOS 1.23; MS-DOS 1.24; MS-DOS 1.11; MS-DOS 1.12; MS-DOS 1.13; MS-DOS 1.14; ADOS (Microsoft); HDOS (Microsoft); MS-DOS 3.22; Access DOS; MS-DOS 3.4; MS-DOS 3.40; MS-DOS 2.13; TeleVideo PC DOS 2.11; TeleVideo Personal Computer DOS 2.11; TeleVideo PC DOS; TeleVideo Personal Computer DOS; Altos MS-DOS; Altos MS-DOS 2.11; MS-DOS 5.01; HDOS 5.0; Hebrew MS-DOS 5.0; Microsoft Hebrew MS-DOS; Microsoft Hebrew MS-DOS 5.0; Microsoft HDOS; Microsoft HDOS 5.0; Microsoft ADOS 5.0; Microsoft ADOS; Microsoft Arabic MS-DOS 5.0; Microsoft Arabic MS-DOS; Arabic MS-DOS 5.0; ADOS 5.0; ADOS 5.00; HDOS 5.00; ADOS 3.3; Microsoft ADOS 3.3; Microsoft Arabic MS-DOS 3.3; Arabic MS-DOS 3.3; Microsoft HDOS 3.3; Microsoft Hebrew MS-DOS 3.3; Hebrew MS-DOS 3.3; HDOS 3.3; MS-DOS 3.21R; MS-DOS 3.3R; MS-DOS 2.25; MS-DOS 2.12; MS-DOS 2.11R; MS-DOS 3.30R; Tandy MS-DOS 2.11R; MS-DOS 3.22R; Hewlett-Packard MS-DOS 3.22R; HP MS-DOS 3.22R; MS-DOS 3.3A; MS-DOS 3.30A; Microsoft MS-DOS 3.3A; Microsoft MS-DOS 3.30A; MS-DOS 3.3a; MS-DOS 3.30a; Microsoft MS-DOS 3.3a; Microsoft MS-DOS 3.30a; Texas Instruments MS-DOS 2.12; TI MS-DOS 2.12; Compaq MS-DOS 3.31; TI MS-DOS 3.3R; Texas Instruments MS-DOS 3.3R; TI MS-DOS 3.30R; Texas Instruments MS-DOS 3.30R; MS-DOS 2.0; MS-DOS 2.5; AST Premium Exec DOS 5.0; AST Premium Exec DOS; AST Premium Exec MS-DOS; AST MS-DOS 5.0; AST Premium Exec MS-DOS 5.0; MS-DOS 4.0 (IBM-developed); MS-ROMDOS; MS-DOS 4.00 (IBM-developed); MS-DOS 6.x; MS-DOS platforms; MS-DOS Mobile; MS DOS Mobile; TeleVideo Personal Computer DOS 2.0; TeleVideo PC DOS 2.0; MS-DOS 5.00A; MS-DOS 2.2; MS-DOS 2.20; MS-DOS 2.05; Disk Control Program; DCP (operating system); DCP 3.20; DCP 3.30; DCP 3.2; DCP 3.3; MS-DOS 1.2; MS-DOS 1.1; PC MS-DOS; MS-DOS 5; MS-DOS 3; MS-DOS 1; MS-DOS 3.30+; DCP1700; DCP1700 3.20; DCP1700 3.30; DCP 1700; DCP 1700 3.20; DCP 1700 3.30; DCP3.3; WDOS (operating system); MS-Dos
MS-DOS
MICROSOFT OPERATING SYSTEM
MSDOS; Microsoft DOS; MS DOS; Microsoft Disk Operating System; Ms-dos; Microsoft MS-DOS; MsDOS; MSdos; MSN-DOS Prompt; MS/DOS; MS-DOS 6; MS-DOS 6.22; MS-DOS 7.10; SB-DOS; NCR-DOS; COMPAQ-DOS; Software Bus 86; Ms-Dos; Hebrew MS-DOS; Arabic MS-DOS; ADOS (MS-DOS); HDOS (MS-DOS); MS-DOS 3.2; MS-DOS 5.0; MS-DOS 4.01; MS-DOS 3.20; MS-DOS 5.00; MS-DOS 6.0; MS-DOS 6.00; MS-DOS 6.2; MS-DOS 6.20; MS-DOS 6.21; MS-DOS 7.00; MS-DOS 8.00; MS-DOS 3.0; MS-DOS 3.1; MS-DOS 3.3; MS-DOS 3.31; MS-DOS 3.30; MS-DOS 3.00; MS-DOS 3.10; MS-DOS 3.21; MS-DOS 3.25; MS-DOS 2; MS-DOS 2.00; MS-DOS 2.01; MS-DOS 2.10; MS-DOS 2.11; MS-DOS 2.50; MS-DOS 1.50; MS-DOS 1.51; MS-DOS 1.52; MS-DOS 1.53; MS-DOS 1.54; MS-DOS 1.25; MS-DOS 1.26; MS-DOS 1.27; MS-DOS 1.28; MS-DOS 1.29; MS-DOS 1.30; MS-DOS 1.40; MS-DOS 1.41; MS-DOS 1.20; MS-DOS 1.21; MS-DOS 1.22; MS-DOS 1.23; MS-DOS 1.24; MS-DOS 1.11; MS-DOS 1.12; MS-DOS 1.13; MS-DOS 1.14; ADOS (Microsoft); HDOS (Microsoft); MS-DOS 3.22; Access DOS; MS-DOS 3.4; MS-DOS 3.40; MS-DOS 2.13; TeleVideo PC DOS 2.11; TeleVideo Personal Computer DOS 2.11; TeleVideo PC DOS; TeleVideo Personal Computer DOS; Altos MS-DOS; Altos MS-DOS 2.11; MS-DOS 5.01; HDOS 5.0; Hebrew MS-DOS 5.0; Microsoft Hebrew MS-DOS; Microsoft Hebrew MS-DOS 5.0; Microsoft HDOS; Microsoft HDOS 5.0; Microsoft ADOS 5.0; Microsoft ADOS; Microsoft Arabic MS-DOS 5.0; Microsoft Arabic MS-DOS; Arabic MS-DOS 5.0; ADOS 5.0; ADOS 5.00; HDOS 5.00; ADOS 3.3; Microsoft ADOS 3.3; Microsoft Arabic MS-DOS 3.3; Arabic MS-DOS 3.3; Microsoft HDOS 3.3; Microsoft Hebrew MS-DOS 3.3; Hebrew MS-DOS 3.3; HDOS 3.3; MS-DOS 3.21R; MS-DOS 3.3R; MS-DOS 2.25; MS-DOS 2.12; MS-DOS 2.11R; MS-DOS 3.30R; Tandy MS-DOS 2.11R; MS-DOS 3.22R; Hewlett-Packard MS-DOS 3.22R; HP MS-DOS 3.22R; MS-DOS 3.3A; MS-DOS 3.30A; Microsoft MS-DOS 3.3A; Microsoft MS-DOS 3.30A; MS-DOS 3.3a; MS-DOS 3.30a; Microsoft MS-DOS 3.3a; Microsoft MS-DOS 3.30a; Texas Instruments MS-DOS 2.12; TI MS-DOS 2.12; Compaq MS-DOS 3.31; TI MS-DOS 3.3R; Texas Instruments MS-DOS 3.3R; TI MS-DOS 3.30R; Texas Instruments MS-DOS 3.30R; MS-DOS 2.0; MS-DOS 2.5; AST Premium Exec DOS 5.0; AST Premium Exec DOS; AST Premium Exec MS-DOS; AST MS-DOS 5.0; AST Premium Exec MS-DOS 5.0; MS-DOS 4.0 (IBM-developed); MS-ROMDOS; MS-DOS 4.00 (IBM-developed); MS-DOS 6.x; MS-DOS platforms; MS-DOS Mobile; MS DOS Mobile; TeleVideo Personal Computer DOS 2.0; TeleVideo PC DOS 2.0; MS-DOS 5.00A; MS-DOS 2.2; MS-DOS 2.20; MS-DOS 2.05; Disk Control Program; DCP (operating system); DCP 3.20; DCP 3.30; DCP 3.2; DCP 3.3; MS-DOS 1.2; MS-DOS 1.1; PC MS-DOS; MS-DOS 5; MS-DOS 3; MS-DOS 1; MS-DOS 3.30+; DCP1700; DCP1700 3.20; DCP1700 3.30; DCP 1700; DCP 1700 3.20; DCP 1700 3.30; DCP3.3; WDOS (operating system); MS-Dos
¦ abbreviation Computing, trademark Microsoft disk operating system.
Wikipedia
Disk operating system
A disk operating system (DOS) is a computer operating system that resides on and can use a disk storage device, such as a floppy disk, hard disk drive, or optical disc. A disk operating system provides a file system for organizing, reading, and writing files on the storage disk. Strictly, this definition does not include any other functionality, so it does not apply to more complex OSes, such as Microsoft Windows, and is more appropriately used only for older generations of operating systems.
Disk operating systems for mainframes, minicomputers, microprocessors, and home computers are usually loaded from the disks as part of the boot process.
