Definition of Microsoft Disk Operating System - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

old computer

Dated

operating system for IBM PCs

Dated

Microsoft Disk Operating System was widely used in the 1980s.
Many early computers ran on Microsoft Disk Operating System.
Microsoft Disk Operating System was essential for early PC users.

MS-DOS

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abr: Microsoft Disk Operating System

operating system for running programs on old computers

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Chinese:微软磁盘操作系统, ...
Japanese:マイクロソフトディスクオペレーティングシステム, ...
Arabic:نِظام تَشْغيل الأَقْراص من مايكروسوفت, ...
Hebrew:מַעֲרֶכֶת הַהַפְעָלָה שֶׁל דִּיסְק מַיְקְרוֹסוֹפְט, ...
Russian:Операционная система Microsoft Disk, ...
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Bengali:মাইক্রোসফট ডিস্ক অপারেটিং সিস্টেম, ...
Catalan:Microsoft Disk Operating System, ...
Czech:MS-DOS, ...
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Khmer:ប្រព័ន្ធប្រតិបត្តិការឌីសរបស់ម៉ៃក្រូសូហ្វ, ...
Korean:마이크로소프트 디스크 운영 체제, ...
Persian:سیستم‌عامل دیسک مایکروسافت, ...
Polish:Microsoft Disk Operating System, ...
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Thai:ระบบปฏิบัติการดิสก์ของไมโครซอฟท์, ...
Turkish:Microsoft Disk İşletim Sistemi, ...
Vietnamese:Hệ điều hành đĩa Microsoft, ...

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