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- DictionaryDisk op·er·at·ing sys·tem/disk ˈäpəˌrādiNG ˈsistim/
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- 1. see DOS
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Type of 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, and a means for loading and running programs stored on that disk. Strictly speaking, this definition does not include an... Wikipedia