 Short for
Microsoft Disk operating system, MS-DOS is a non-graphical
command
line operating system created for
IBM compatible computers that was first introduced by Microsoft in August 1981 and was last updated in 1994
when MS-DOS 6.22 was released. Although the MS-DOS operating system is not commonly used today,
the command shell used through Microsoft Windows is.Unlike
Microsoft Windows, which most users are familiar with today, MS-DOS
requires the user to type commands instead of using a
mouse.
The image to the right is an example of what an MS-DOS window
more appropriately referred to as the Windows command line looks like under Microsoft
Windows.
- See our main MS-DOS
page for complete information and help with MS-DOS.
- A complete listing of questions and answers relating to MS-DOS can be found here.
Also see: Apple DOS, DOS, Dr. DOS, Operating
System
definitions, PC-DOS
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