DOS

¹

[ daws, dos ]

noun

, Computers.

1. any of several single-user, command-driven operating systems for personal computers, especially MS DOS.

DOS

²

abbreviation for

1. Department of State.

DoS

³

[ daws, dos, dee-oh-es ]

abbreviation for

1. Computers. denial-of-service:

   DoS protection for web servers.

DOS

/ dɒs /

acronym for

1. disk-operating system, often prefixed, as in MS-DOS and PC-DOS; a computer operating system

Word History and Origins

Origin of DOS¹

d(isk) o(perating) s(ystem)

Example Sentences

In 1998, Joel Thomas Zimmerman was 16 years old, noodling around with vintage DOS music software like Impulse Tracker.

From The Daily Beast

Despite signing paperwork and a checklist of dos and don'ts, I was in way over my head.

From The Daily Beast

As Sherman herself starred in that series, so Franco stars–in drag–in his re-dos.

From The Daily Beast

He took pride in helping struggling Brazilians like Pereira dos Santos.

From The Daily Beast

Dos Passos interweaved the stories of his more proletarian subjects with biographies of some well-known Americans.

From The Daily Beast

At the end of the stone bridge, at the ponte dos tres pontes, next to Recife, the guards are more numerous and strict.

From Project Gutenberg

"Keep cool, Wes," MacHenery whispered to his opponent as they dos-à-doed back into position.

From Project Gutenberg

His brother Lawrence having fallen ill of consumption, Washington went with him to Barba-dos, where he had an attack of smallpox.

From Project Gutenberg

The "Dos Estrellas" Mine is yet another example of this successful district.

From Project Gutenberg

There are very few lakes in Brazil, and only one worth speaking of—the Lagoa dos Platos—which is 150 miles long.

From Project Gutenberg

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