dos

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variants or do's

plural of do entry 2

DOS

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noun

: the operating system of a computer that can be stored on and run off of a computer disk drive

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Noun
Another was Steyn van Ark, a year older, who plays at DOS Kampen. Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025 These companies released attractive new front-ends for their services that ran on DOS, Windows, and Macintosh computers. ArsTechnica, 10 June 2025 In March 2019, the DOS withdrew all diplomatic personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Caracas and suspended operations. Nick Butler, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2025 By the mid-1990s, Windows had thoroughly cannibalized the DOS business that had built the company. Jackie Snow, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2025 About a month after the raid, Scheuer traveled to the residence of one of the DOS attack targets, the plea agreement said. Dan Mangan, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025 With the new year looming, one of the biggest to-dos on many people’s list is to finally figure out a fitness program. Christa Sgobba, SELF, 28 Dec. 2024 The negative performance in the third quarter, down 12.9 percent, was driven by a different timing in deliveries and the conversion of certain wholesale shops into DOS. Luisa Zargani, WWD, 22 Oct. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Noun

disk operating system

First Known Use

Noun

1967, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dos was in 1967

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“Dos.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dos. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

Medical Definition

dos

abbreviation
dosage

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