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209 relations: Abandonware, AmigaDOS, Apple DOS, Arachne (web browser), AT&T, Atari DOS, AUTOEXEC.BAT, Background process, BASIC, Batch file, BatteryMAX, Bill Gates, BIOS, Boot sector, Booting, Borland, Borland Sidekick, Business Wire, Byte, Byte (magazine), Caldera (company), Canon PowerShot, Central processing unit, CodeView, Colon (punctuation), COM (hardware interface), Command-line interface, COMMAND.COM, Commodore DOS, Computer hardware, Computer History Museum, Computer mouse, Conditional (computer programming), CONFIG.SYS, CP/M, CP/M-86, Database, Datalight, Datastorm Technologies, DBase, Dell, Design of the FAT file system, DESQview, Device driver, DeviceLogics, Digital Research, Disk operating system, Disk partitioning, DJGPP, Doom (1993 video game), ... Expand index (159 more) »
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Abandonware
Abandonware is a product, typically software, ignored by its owner and manufacturer, which can no longer be found for sale, and for which no official support is available and cannot be bought.
AmigaDOS
AmigaDOS is the disk operating system of the AmigaOS, which includes file systems, file and directory manipulation, the command-line interface, and file redirection. DOS and AmigaDOS are disk operating systems.
See DOS and AmigaDOS
Apple DOS
Apple DOS is the disk operating system for the Apple II computers from late 1978 through early 1983. DOS and Apple DOS are disk operating systems.
Arachne (web browser)
Arachne is an Internet suite containing a graphical web browser, email client, and dialer.
See DOS and Arachne (web browser)
AT&T
AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas, Texas.
See DOS and AT&T
Atari DOS
Atari DOS is the disk operating system used with the Atari 8-bit computers. DOS and Atari DOS are disk operating systems.
AUTOEXEC.BAT
AUTOEXEC.BAT is a system file that was originally on DOS-type operating systems.
Background process
A background process is a computer process that runs behind the scenes (i.e., in the background) and without user intervention.
See DOS and Background process
BASIC
BASIC (Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) is a family of general-purpose, high-level programming languages designed for ease of use. DOS and BASIC are American inventions.
See DOS and BASIC
Batch file
A batch file is a script file in DOS, OS/2 and Microsoft Windows. DOS and batch file are DOS on IBM PC compatibles.
BatteryMAX
BatteryMAX is an idle detection system used for computer power management under operating system control developed at Digital Research, Inc.'s European Development Centre (EDC) in Hungerford, UK.
Bill Gates
William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate best known for co-founding the software company Microsoft with his childhood friend Paul Allen.
BIOS
In computing, BIOS (Basic Input/Output System, also known as the System BIOS, ROM BIOS, BIOS ROM or PC BIOS) is firmware used to provide runtime services for operating systems and programs and to perform hardware initialization during the booting process (power-on startup).
See DOS and BIOS
Boot sector
A boot sector is the sector of a persistent data storage device (e.g., hard disk, floppy disk, optical disc, etc.) which contains machine code to be loaded into random-access memory (RAM) and then executed by a computer system's built-in firmware (e.g., the BIOS).
Booting
In computing, booting is the process of starting a computer as initiated via hardware such as a button on the computer or by a software command.
See DOS and Booting
Borland
Borland Software Corporation was a computing technology company founded in 1983 by Niels Jensen, Ole Henriksen, Mogens Glad, and Philippe Kahn.
See DOS and Borland
Borland Sidekick
Borland Sidekick was a personal information manager (PIM) launched by American software company Borland in 1984 under Philippe Kahn's leadership.
Business Wire
Business Wire is an American company that disseminates full-text press releases from thousands of companies and organizations worldwide to news media, financial markets, disclosure systems, investors, information web sites, databases, bloggers, social networks and other audiences.
Byte
The byte is a unit of digital information that most commonly consists of eight bits.
See DOS and Byte
Byte (magazine)
Byte (stylized as BYTE) was a microcomputer magazine, influential in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s because of its wide-ranging editorial coverage.
Caldera (company)
Caldera, Inc.
Canon PowerShot
The PowerShot products is a line of consumer and prosumer grade digital cameras, launched by Canon in 1996.
Central processing unit
A central processing unit (CPU), also called a central processor, main processor, or just processor, is the most important processor in a given computer.
See DOS and Central processing unit
CodeView
CodeView is a standalone debugger created by David Norris at Microsoft in 1985 as part of its development toolset.
See DOS and CodeView
Colon (punctuation)
The colon,, is a punctuation mark consisting of two equally sized dots aligned vertically.
See DOS and Colon (punctuation)
COM (hardware interface)
COM (communication port) is the original, yet still common, name of the serial port interface on PC-compatible computers.
See DOS and COM (hardware interface)
Command-line interface
A command-line interface (CLI) is a means of interacting with a computer program by inputting lines of text called command-lines.
See DOS and Command-line interface
COMMAND.COM
COMMAND.COM is the default command-line interpreter for MS-DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows Me.
Commodore DOS
Commodore DOS, also known as CBM DOS, is the disk operating system used with Commodore's 8-bit computers. DOS and Commodore DOS are disk operating systems.
Computer hardware
Computer hardware includes the physical parts of a computer, such as the central processing unit (CPU), random access memory (RAM), motherboard, computer data storage, graphics card, sound card, and computer case.
Computer History Museum
The Computer History Museum (CHM) is a museum of computer history, located in Mountain View, California.
See DOS and Computer History Museum
Computer mouse
A computer mouse (plural mice, also mouses) is a hand-held pointing device that detects two-dimensional motion relative to a surface. DOS and computer mouse are American inventions.
Conditional (computer programming)
In computer science, conditionals (that is, conditional statements, conditional expressions and conditional constructs) are programming language constructs that perform different computations or actions or return different values depending on the value of a Boolean expression, called a condition.
See DOS and Conditional (computer programming)
CONFIG.SYS
CONFIG.SYS is the primary configuration file for the DOS and OS/2 operating systems.
CP/M
CP/M, originally standing for Control Program/Monitor and later Control Program for Microcomputers, is a mass-market operating system created in 1974 for Intel 8080/85-based microcomputers by Gary Kildall of Digital Research, Inc. CP/M is a disk operating system and its purpose is to organize files on a magnetic storage medium, and to load and run programs stored on a disk. DOS and CP/M are disk operating systems.
See DOS and CP/M
CP/M-86
CP/M-86 is a discontinued version of the CP/M operating system that Digital Research (DR) made for the Intel 8086 and Intel 8088.
See DOS and CP/M-86
Database
In computing, a database is an organized collection of data or a type of data store based on the use of a database management system (DBMS), the software that interacts with end users, applications, and the database itself to capture and analyze the data.
See DOS and Database
Datalight
Datalight was a privately held software company specializing in power failsafe and high performance software for preserving data integrity in embedded systems.
Datastorm Technologies
Datastorm Technologies, Inc., was a computer software company that existed from 1986 until 1996.
See DOS and Datastorm Technologies
DBase
| influenced.
See DOS and DBase
Dell
Dell Inc. is an American technology company that develops, sells, repairs, and supports computers and related products and services.
See DOS and Dell
Design of the FAT file system
The FAT file system is a file system used on MS-DOS and Windows 9x family of operating systems.
See DOS and Design of the FAT file system
DESQview
DESQview (DV) is a text mode multitasking operating environment developed by Quarterdeck Office Systems which enjoyed modest popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
See DOS and DESQview
Device driver
In the context of an operating system, a device driver is a computer program that operates or controls a particular type of device that is attached to a computer or automaton.
DeviceLogics
DeviceLogics was a company in Lindon, Utah, USA, founded in November 2002.
Digital Research
Digital Research, Inc. (DR or DRI) was a privately held American software company created by Gary Kildall to market and develop his CP/M operating system and related 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit systems like MP/M, Concurrent DOS, FlexOS, Multiuser DOS, DOS Plus, DR DOS and GEM.
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. DOS and disk operating system are disk operating systems.
See DOS and Disk operating system
Disk partitioning
Disk partitioning or disk slicing is the creation of one or more regions on secondary storage, so that each region can be managed separately. DOS and disk partitioning are DOS on IBM PC compatibles.
DJGPP
DJ's GNU Programming Platform (DJGPP) is a software development suite for Intel 80386-level and above, IBM PC compatibles which supports DOS operating systems.
See DOS and DJGPP
Doom (1993 video game)
Doom is a first-person shooter game developed and published by id Software.
See DOS and Doom (1993 video game)
DOS
DOS is a family of disk-based operating systems for IBM PC compatible computers. DOS and DOS are American inventions, DOS on IBM PC compatibles and disk operating systems.
See DOS and DOS
DOS API
The DOS API is an API which originated with 86-DOS and is used in MS-DOS/PC DOS and other DOS-compatible operating systems.
See DOS and DOS API
DOS Navigator
DOS Navigator (DN) is an orthodox file manager for DOS, OS/2, and Windows.
DOS Plus
DOS Plus (erroneously also known as DOS+) was the first operating system developed by Digital Research's OEM Support Group in Newbury, Berkshire, UK, first released in 1985. DOS and DOS Plus are disk operating systems.
See DOS and DOS Plus
DOS Shell
DOS Shell is a file manager that debuted in MS-DOS and PC DOS version 4.0, released in June 1988.
DOS/360 and successors
Disk Operating System/360, also DOS/360, or simply DOS, is the discontinued first member of a sequence of operating systems for IBM System/360, System/370 and later mainframes. DOS and DOS/360 and successors are disk operating systems.
See DOS and DOS/360 and successors
DOS/V
DOS/V is a Japanese computing initiative starting in 1990 to allow DOS on IBM PC compatibles with VGA cards to handle double-byte (DBCS) Japanese text via software alone.
See DOS and DOS/V
DOSBox
DOSBox is a free and open-source emulator which runs software for MS-DOS compatible disk operating systems—primarily video games.
See DOS and DOSBox
DOSEMU
DOSEMU, stylized as dosemu, is a compatibility layer software package that enables DOS operating systems (e.g., MS-DOS, DR-DOS, FreeDOS) and application software to run atop Linux on x86-based PCs (IBM PC compatible computers).
See DOS and DOSEMU
DOSKEY
DOSKEY is a command for DOS, IBM OS/2, Microsoft Windows, and ReactOS that adds command history, macro functionality, and improved editing features to the command-line interpreters COMMAND.COM and cmd.exe.
See DOS and DOSKEY
DR-DOS
DR-DOS (written as DR DOS, without a hyphen, in versions up to and including 6.0) is a disk operating system for IBM PC compatibles. DOS and dR-DOS are disk operating systems.
See DOS and DR-DOS
Drive letter assignment
In computer data storage, drive letter assignment is the process of assigning alphabetical identifiers to volumes.
See DOS and Drive letter assignment
Embedded system
An embedded system is a computer system—a combination of a computer processor, computer memory, and input/output peripheral devices—that has a dedicated function within a larger mechanical or electronic system.
EMM386
EMM386 is the expanded memory manager of Microsoft's MS-DOS, IBM's PC DOS, Digital Research's DR-DOS, and Datalight's ROM-DOS which is used to create expanded memory using extended memory on Intel 80386 CPUs.
See DOS and EMM386
Emulator
In computing, an emulator is hardware or software that enables one computer system (called the host) to behave like another computer system (called the guest).
See DOS and Emulator
Expanded memory
In DOS memory management, expanded memory is a system of bank switching that provided additional memory to DOS programs beyond the limit of conventional memory (640 KiB).
Extended boot record
An extended boot record (EBR), or extended partition boot record (EPBR), is a descriptor for a logical partition under the common DOS disk drive partitioning system.
See DOS and Extended boot record
Extended memory
In DOS memory management, extended memory refers to memory above the first megabyte (220 bytes) of address space in an IBM PC or compatible with an 80286 or later processor.
File Allocation Table
File Allocation Table (FAT) is a file system developed for personal computers and was the default filesystem for MS-DOS and Windows 9x operating systems.
See DOS and File Allocation Table
File manager
A file manager or file browser is a computer program that provides a user interface to manage files and folders.
Filename extension
A filename extension, file name extension or file extension is a suffix to the name of a computer file (for example,.txt,.docx,.md).
See DOS and Filename extension
FlexOS
FlexOS is a discontinued modular real-time multiuser multitasking operating system (RTOS) designed for computer-integrated manufacturing, laboratory, retail and financial markets. DOS and FlexOS are disk operating systems.
See DOS and FlexOS
Floppy disk
A floppy disk or floppy diskette (casually referred to as a floppy, a diskette, or a disk) is a type of disk storage composed of a thin and flexible disk of a magnetic storage medium in a square or nearly square plastic enclosure lined with a fabric that removes dust particles from the spinning disk. DOS and floppy disk are American inventions.
Forward compatibility
Forward compatibility or upward compatibility is a design characteristic that allows a system to accept input intended for a later version of itself.
See DOS and Forward compatibility
Fragmentation (computing)
In computer storage, fragmentation is a phenomenon in which storage space, main storage or secondary storage, such as computer memory or a hard drive, is used inefficiently, reducing capacity or performance and often both.
See DOS and Fragmentation (computing)
FreeDOS
FreeDOS (formerly Free-DOS and PD-DOS) is a free software operating system for IBM PC compatible computers.
See DOS and FreeDOS
Gary Kildall
Gary Arlen Kildall (May 19, 1942 – July 11, 1994) was an American computer scientist and microcomputer entrepreneur.
GEM (desktop environment)
GEM (for Graphics Environment Manager) is a discontinued operating environment released by Digital Research in 1985.
See DOS and GEM (desktop environment)
GEOS (16-bit operating system)
GEOS (later renamed GeoWorks Ensemble, NewDeal Office, and Breadbox Ensemble) is a computer operating environment, graphical user interface (GUI), and suite of application software.
See DOS and GEOS (16-bit operating system)
GNU Compiler Collection
The GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) is a collection of compilers from the GNU Project that support various programming languages, hardware architectures and operating systems.
See DOS and GNU Compiler Collection
GNU General Public License
The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a series of widely used free software licenses, or copyleft, that guarantee end users the four freedoms to run, study, share, and modify the software.
See DOS and GNU General Public License
Gordon Letwin
James Gordon Letwin (born July 2, 1952) is an American software developer and one of the eleven early Microsoft employees who posed for an iconic staff portrait taken in Albuquerque in 1978.
Goto
Goto (goto, GOTO, GO TO, GoTo, or other case combinations, depending on the programming language) is a statement found in many computer programming languages.
See DOS and Goto
Graphical user interface
A graphical user interface, or GUI, is a form of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and visual indicators such as secondary notation. DOS and graphical user interface are American inventions.
See DOS and Graphical user interface
Graphics card
A graphics card (also called a video card, display card, graphics accelerator, graphics adapter, VGA card/VGA, video adapter, display adapter, or colloquially GPU) is a computer expansion card that generates a feed of graphics output to a display device such as a monitor.
GW-BASIC
GW-BASIC is a dialect of the BASIC programming language developed by Microsoft from IBM BASICA.
See DOS and GW-BASIC
Hard disk drive
A hard disk drive (HDD), hard disk, hard drive, or fixed disk is an electro-mechanical data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data using magnetic storage with one or more rigid rapidly rotating platters coated with magnetic material. DOS and hard disk drive are American inventions.
Harvard Graphics
Harvard Graphics was a graphics and presentation program for IBM PC compatibles.
Hewlett-Packard
The Hewlett-Packard Company, commonly shortened to Hewlett-Packard or HP, was an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California.
High memory area
In DOS memory management, the high memory area (HMA) is the RAM area consisting of the first 65520 bytes above the one megabyte in an IBM AT or compatible computer.
HIMEM.SYS
HIMEM.SYS is a DOS device driver which allows DOS programs to store data in extended memory according to the Extended Memory Specification (XMS).
HP 110
The HP 110 (aka HP Portable and HP 45710A) is an MS-DOS-compatible laptop released in 1984 by Hewlett-Packard.
See DOS and HP 110
I386
The Intel 386, originally released as 80386 and later renamed i386, is a 32-bit microprocessor designed by Intel.
See DOS and I386
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation (using the trademark IBM), nicknamed Big Blue, is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York and present in over 175 countries.
See DOS and IBM
IBM BASIC
The IBM Personal Computer Basic, commonly shortened to IBM BASIC, is a programming language first released by IBM with the IBM Personal Computer, Model 5150 (IBM PC) in 1981.
IBM PC DOS
IBM PC DOS (an acronym for IBM Personal Computer Disk Operating System),Formally known as "The IBM Personal Computer DOS" from versions 1.0 through 3.30, as reported in those versions' respective COMMAND.COM outputs also known as PC DOS or IBM DOS, is a discontinued disk operating system for the IBM Personal Computer, its successors, and IBM PC compatibles. DOS and IBM PC DOS are disk operating systems.
IBM PC–compatible
IBM PC–compatible computers are technically similar to the original IBM PC, XT, and AT, all from computer giant IBM, that are able to use the same software and expansion cards.
IBM Personal Computer
The IBM Personal Computer (model 5150, commonly known as the IBM PC) is the first microcomputer released in the IBM PC model line and the basis for the IBM PC compatible ''de facto'' standard.
See DOS and IBM Personal Computer
IBMBIO.COM
IBMBIO.COM is a system file in many DOS operating systems.
IBMDOS.COM
IBMDOS.COM is the filename of the DOS kernel.
Index of DOS games
The index of MS-DOS compatible video games is split into multiple pages because of its size.
See DOS and Index of DOS games
InfoWorld
InfoWorld (IW) is an American information technology media business.
Intel
Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and incorporated in Delaware.
See DOS and Intel
Intel 8080
The Intel 8080 ("eighty-eighty") is the second 8-bit microprocessor designed and manufactured by Intel.
Intel 8086
The 8086 (also called iAPX 86) is a 16-bit microprocessor chip designed by Intel between early 1976 and June 8, 1978, when it was released.
Intel 8088
The Intel 8088 ("eighty-eighty-eight", also called iAPX 88) microprocessor is a variant of the Intel 8086.
International Computers Limited
International Computers Limited (ICL) was a British computer hardware, computer software and computer services company that operated from 1968 until 2002.
See DOS and International Computers Limited
IO.SYS
is an essential part of MS-DOS and Windows 9x.
See DOS and IO.SYS
Jim Hall (computer programmer)
Jim Hall (James F. Hall) is a computer programmer and advocate of free software, best known for his work on FreeDOS.
See DOS and Jim Hall (computer programmer)
John R. Opel
John Roberts Opel (January 5, 1925, in Kansas City, Missouri – November 3, 2011, in Fort Myers, Florida) was an American computer businessman.
Kernel (operating system)
The kernel is a computer program at the core of a computer's operating system and generally has complete control over everything in the system.
See DOS and Kernel (operating system)
King's Quest
King's Quest is a graphic adventure game series, released between 1980 and 2016 and created by the American software company Sierra Entertainment.
Legacy Plug and Play
The term Legacy Plug and Play, also shortened to Legacy PnP, describes a series of specifications and Microsoft Windows features geared towards operating system configuration of devices, and some device IDs are assigned by UEFI Forum.
See DOS and Legacy Plug and Play
Lineo
Lineo was a thin client and embedded systems company spun out of Caldera Thin Clients by 20 July 1999.
See DOS and Lineo
Linux
Linux is both an open-source Unix-like kernel and a generic name for a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds.
See DOS and Linux
List of disk operating systems called DOS
This is a list of disk operating systems in which the acronym DOS is used to form their names. DOS and list of disk operating systems called DOS are disk operating systems.
See DOS and List of disk operating systems called DOS
Lotus 1-2-3
Lotus 1-2-3 is a discontinued spreadsheet program from Lotus Software (later part of IBM).
Mary Maxwell Gates
Mary Ann Gates (July 5, 1929 – June 10, 1994) was an American banker, civic activist, non-profit executive, and schoolteacher.
See DOS and Mary Maxwell Gates
Master boot record
A master boot record (MBR) is a type of boot sector in the first few blocks of partitioned computer mass storage devices like fixed disks or removable drives intended for use with IBM PC-compatible systems and beyond.
See DOS and Master boot record
McGraw Hill Education
McGraw Hill is an American publishing company for educational content, software, and services for pre-K through postgraduate education.
See DOS and McGraw Hill Education
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington.
Microsoft Macro Assembler
The Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM) is an x86 assembler that uses the Intel syntax for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows.
See DOS and Microsoft Macro Assembler
Microsoft Visual C++
Microsoft Visual C++ (MSVC) is a compiler for the C, C++, C++/CLI and C++/CX programming languages by Microsoft.
See DOS and Microsoft Visual C++
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a product line of proprietary graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Microsoft. DOS and Microsoft Windows are American inventions.
Modem
A modulator-demodulator or most commonly referred to as modem is a computer hardware device that converts data from a digital format into a format suitable for an analog transmission medium such as telephone or radio. DOS and modem are American inventions.
See DOS and Modem
Motorola 68000
The Motorola 68000 (sometimes shortened to Motorola 68k or m68k and usually pronounced "sixty-eight-thousand") is a 16/32-bit complex instruction set computer (CISC) microprocessor, introduced in 1979 by Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector.
MS-DOS
MS-DOS (acronym for Microsoft Disk Operating System, also known as Microsoft DOS) is an operating system for x86-based personal computers mostly developed by Microsoft. DOS and mS-DOS are disk operating systems.
See DOS and MS-DOS
MS-DOS 4.0 (multitasking)
MS-DOS 4.0 was a multitasking release of MS-DOS developed by Microsoft based on MS-DOS 2.0. DOS and mS-DOS 4.0 (multitasking) are disk operating systems.
See DOS and MS-DOS 4.0 (multitasking)
MS-DOS 7
MS-DOS 7 is a real mode operating system for IBM PC compatibles. DOS and mS-DOS 7 are disk operating systems.
See DOS and MS-DOS 7
MSCDEX
MSCDEX or Microsoft CD-ROM Extensions is a software program produced by Microsoft and included with MS-DOS 6.x and certain versions of Windows to provide CD-ROM support.
See DOS and MSCDEX
MSDOS.SYS
MSDOS.SYS is a system file in MS-DOS and Windows 9x operating systems.
Multiuser DOS
Multiuser DOS is a real-time multi-user multi-tasking operating system for IBM PC-compatible microcomputers. DOS and Multiuser DOS are disk operating systems.
New Executable
The New Executable (abbreviated NE or NewEXE) is a 16-bit executable file format, a successor to the DOS MZ executable format.
No Starch Press
No Starch Press is an American publishing company, specializing in technical literature often geared towards the geek, hacker, and DIY subcultures.
Norton Commander
Norton Commander (NC) is a discontinued prototypical orthodox file manager (OFM), written by John Socha and released by Peter Norton Computing (later acquired in 1990 by the Symantec corporation).
Novell
Novell, Inc. was an American software and services company headquartered in Provo, Utah, that existed from 1980 until 2014.
See DOS and Novell
Null device
In some operating systems, the null device is a device file that discards all data written to it but reports that the write operation succeeded.
Operating system
An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common services for computer programs.
Optical disc drive
In computing, an optical disc drive is a disc drive that uses laser light or electromagnetic waves within or near the visible light spectrum as part of the process of reading or writing data to or from optical discs. DOS and optical disc drive are American inventions.
See DOS and Optical disc drive
Original equipment manufacturer
An original equipment manufacturer (OEM) is generally perceived as a company that produces parts and equipment that may be marketed by another manufacturer.
See DOS and Original equipment manufacturer
OS/2
OS/2 (Operating System/2) is a series of computer operating systems, initially created by Microsoft and IBM under the leadership of IBM software designer Ed Iacobucci.
See DOS and OS/2
Parallel port
In computing, a parallel port is a type of interface found on early computers (personal and otherwise) for connecting peripherals.
Pat Villani
Pasquale "Pat" J. Villani (18 April 1954 – 27 August 2011) was an American computer programmer, author, and advocate of free software, best known for his creation of DOS-C, a DOS emulator written in the C language and subsequently adapted as the kernel of the FreeDOS operating system and a number of other projects including DOSEMU for Linux.
PC-MOS/386
PC-MOS/386 is a multi-user, multitasking computer operating system produced by The Software Link (TSL), announced at COMDEX in November 1986 for February 1987 release. DOS and pC-MOS/386 are disk operating systems.
PCMag
PC Magazine (shortened as PCMag) is an American computer magazine published by Ziff Davis.
See DOS and PCMag
PDP-11
The PDP–11 is a series of 16-bit minicomputers sold by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) from 1970 into the late 1990s, one of a set of products in the Programmed Data Processor (PDP) series.
See DOS and PDP-11
Pearson Education
Pearson Education, known since 2011 as simply Pearson, is the educational publishing and services subsidiary of the international corporation Pearson plc.
Personal information manager
A personal information manager (often referred to as a PIM tool or, more simply, a PIM) is a type of application software that functions as a personal organizer.
See DOS and Personal information manager
PKZIP
PKZIP is a file archiving computer program, notable for introducing the popular ZIP file format.
See DOS and PKZIP
Plotter
A plotter is a machine that produces vector graphics drawings. DOS and plotter are American inventions.
See DOS and Plotter
PowerBASIC
PowerBASIC, formerly Turbo Basic, is the brand of several commercial compilers by PowerBASIC Inc.
Presentation
A presentation conveys information from a speaker to an audience.
PRINT (command)
In computing, the print command provides single-user print spooling capability in a number of operating systems.
Printer (computing)
In computing, a printer is a peripheral machine which makes a durable representation of graphics or text, usually on paper.
See DOS and Printer (computing)
PTS-DOS
PTS-DOS (aka PTS/DOS) is a disk operating system, a DOS clone, developed in Russia by PhysTechSoft and Paragon Technology Systems. DOS and PTS-DOS are disk operating systems.
See DOS and PTS-DOS
QEMM
Quarterdeck Expanded Memory Manager (QEMM) is a memory manager produced by Quarterdeck Office Systems in the late 1980s through the late 1990s.
See DOS and QEMM
Qmodem
Qmodem was an MS-DOS shareware telecommunications program and terminal emulator.
See DOS and Qmodem
RAM drive
A RAM drive (also called a RAM disk) is a block of random-access memory (primary storage or volatile memory) that a computer's software is treating as if the memory were a disk drive (secondary storage).
Read-only memory
Read-only memory (ROM) is a type of non-volatile memory used in computers and other electronic devices.
Real mode
Real mode, also called real address mode, is an operating mode of all x86-compatible CPUs.
Reentrancy (computing)
Reentrancy is a programming concept where a function or subroutine can be interrupted and then resumed before it finishes executing.
See DOS and Reentrancy (computing)
S-100 bus
The S-100 bus or Altair bus, IEEE 696-1983 (withdrawn), is an early computer bus designed in 1974 as a part of the Altair 8800.
Seattle Computer Products
Seattle Computer Products (SCP) was a Tukwila, Washington, microcomputer hardware company which was one of the first manufacturers of computer systems based on the 16-bit Intel 8086 processor.
See DOS and Seattle Computer Products
Shareware
Shareware is a type of proprietary software that is initially shared by the owner for trial use at little or no cost.
Shell (computing)
In computing, a shell is a computer program that exposes an operating system's services to a human user or other programs.
Shell script
A shell script is a computer program designed to be run by a Unix shell, a command-line interpreter.
Spreadsheet
A spreadsheet is a computer application for computation, organization, analysis and storage of data in tabular form. DOS and spreadsheet are American inventions.
Telix
Telix is a telecommunications program originally written for DOS by Colin Sampaleanu and released in 1986.
See DOS and Telix
Text-based user interface
In computing, text-based user interfaces (TUI) (alternately terminal user interfaces, to reflect a dependence upon the properties of computer terminals and not just text), is a retronym describing a type of user interface (UI) common as an early form of human–computer interaction, before the advent of bitmapped displays and modern conventional graphical user interfaces (GUIs).
See DOS and Text-based user interface
The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
See DOS and The New York Times
Tim Paterson
Tim Paterson (born 1 June 1956) is an American computer programmer, best known for creating 86-DOS, an operating system for the Intel 8086.
Track0
Track0 (pronounced 'track zero') is the area located at the start of a computer disk and is predominantly used to store information regarding the layout of the disk (the partition table) and executable code needed to boot an operating system.
See DOS and Track0
TRSDOS
TRSDOS (which stands for the Tandy Radio Shack Disk Operating System) is the operating system for the Tandy TRS-80 line of eight-bit Zilog Z80 microcomputers that were sold through Radio Shack from 1977 through 1991. DOS and TRSDOS are disk operating systems.
See DOS and TRSDOS
Turbo Assembler
Turbo Assembler (sometimes shortened to the name of the executable, TASM) is an assembler for software development published by Borland in 1989.
Turbo C
Turbo C is a discontinued integrated development environment (IDE) and compiler for the C programming language from Borland.
See DOS and Turbo C
Turbo Pascal
Turbo Pascal is a software development system that includes a compiler and an integrated development environment (IDE) for the programming language Pascal running on the operating systems CP/M, CP/M-86, and DOS.
Unix-like
A Unix-like (sometimes referred to as UN*X or *nix) operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system, although not necessarily conforming to or being certified to any version of the Single UNIX Specification.
Upper memory area
In DOS memory management, the upper memory area (UMA) is the memory between the addresses of 640 KB and 1024 KB (0xA0000–0xFFFFF) in an IBM PC or compatible.
VEB Robotron
VEB Kombinat Robotron (or simply Robotron) was the largest East German electronics manufacturer.
VGA text mode
VGA text mode was introduced in 1987 by IBM as part of the VGA standard for its IBM PS/2 computers. DOS and VGA text mode are DOS on IBM PC compatibles.
ViewMAX
ViewMAX is a CUA-compliant file manager supplied with DR DOS versions 5.0 and 6.0.
See DOS and ViewMAX
Virtual 8086 mode
In the 80386 microprocessor and later, virtual 8086 mode (also called virtual real mode, V86-mode, or VM86) allows the execution of real mode applications that are incapable of running directly in protected mode while the processor is running a protected mode operating system.
Virtual DOS machine
Virtual DOS machines (VDM) refer to a technology that allows running 16-bit/32-bit DOS and 16-bit Windows programs when there is already another operating system running and controlling the hardware.
See DOS and Virtual DOS machine
Virtual machine
In computing, a virtual machine (VM) is the virtualization or emulation of a computer system.
Visual Prolog
Visual Prolog, previously known as PDC Prolog and Turbo Prolog, is a strongly typed object-oriented extension of Prolog.
Volkov Commander
Volkov Commander (VC) is a file manager for DOS inspired by the Norton Commander.
Volume boot record
A volume boot record (VBR) (also known as a volume boot sector, a partition boot record or a partition boot sector) is a type of boot sector introduced by the IBM Personal Computer.
See DOS and Volume boot record
Watcom
Watcom International Corporation was a software company, which was founded in 1981 by Wes Graham and Ian McPhee.
See DOS and Watcom
Watcom C/C++
Watcom C/C++ (currently Open Watcom C/C++) is an integrated development environment (IDE) product from Watcom International Corporation for the C, C++, and Fortran programming languages.
Web browser
A web browser is an application for accessing websites.
WIMP (computing)
In human–computer interaction, WIMP stands for "windows, icons, menus, pointer", denoting a style of interaction using these elements of the user interface.
Windows 95
Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented operating system developed by Microsoft as part of its Windows 9x family of operating systems.
Windows 98
Windows 98 is a consumer-oriented operating system developed by Microsoft as part of its Windows 9x family of Microsoft Windows operating systems.
Windows 9x
Windows 9x is a generic term referring to a series of Microsoft Windows computer operating systems produced from 1995 to 2000, which were based on the Windows 95 kernel and its underlying foundation of MS-DOS, both of which were updated in subsequent versions.
Windows Vista
Windows Vista is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft.
Windows XP
Windows XP is a major release of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system.
Word processor
A word processor (WP) is a device or computer program that provides for input, editing, formatting, and output of text, often with some additional features.
WordPerfect
WordPerfect (WP) is a word processing application, now owned by Alludo, with a long history on multiple personal computer platforms.
WordStar
WordStar is a word processor application for microcomputers.
See DOS and WordStar
X86
x86 (also known as 80x86 or the 8086 family) is a family of complex instruction set computer (CISC) instruction set architectures initially developed by Intel based on the 8086 microprocessor and its 8-bit-external-bus variant, the 8088.
See DOS and X86
Xenix
Xenix is a discontinued version of the Unix operating system for various microcomputer platforms, licensed by Microsoft from AT&T Corporation in the late 1970s.
See DOS and Xenix
XTree
XTree is a file manager program originally designed for use under DOS.
See DOS and XTree
Zilog Z80
The Zilog Z80 is an 8-bit microprocessor designed by Zilog that played an important role in the evolution of early computing.
Zilog Z8000
The Zilog Z8000 is a 16-bit microprocessor designed by Zilog in early 1979.
16-bit computing
16-bit microcomputers are microcomputers that use 16-bit microprocessors.
386MAX
386MAX (originally 386 to the Max, later Qualitas MAX) is a computer memory manager for DOS-based personal computers.
See DOS and 386MAX
8-bit computing
In computer architecture, 8-bit integers or other data units are those that are 8 bits wide (1 octet).
8.3 filename
An 8.3 filename (also called a short filename or SFN) is one that obeys the filename convention used by old versions of DOS and versions of Microsoft Windows prior to Windows 95 and Windows NT 3.5.
86-DOS
86-DOS (known internally as QDOS, for Quick and Dirty Operating System) is a discontinued operating system developed and marketed by Seattle Computer Products (SCP) for its Intel 8086-based computer kit. DOS and 86-DOS are disk operating systems.
See DOS and 86-DOS
See also
DOS on IBM PC compatibles
- 86Box
- Append
- Bad command or file name
- Batch file
- Comparison of DOS operating systems
- DOS
- DOS Power Tools
- DOS emulators
- DOS memory management
- Disk partitioning
- ETen Chinese System
- Multiuser DOS Federation
- Pcmicro
- Timeline of DOS operating systems
- Undeletion
- VGA text mode
References
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