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15 AristotlePagaltzis 1 An [Acronym] with two different meanings:
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4 See that page. Usually written [DoS].
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6 The original OperatingSystem for [IBM]'s [PersonalComputer]s, named after MicroComputer [OperatingSystem]s which typically had a thin hardware layer abstraction at best and didn't include any multiuser or multitasking capabilities, nor memory management. The [IBM] [DOS] does have process and memory management capabilities, but they're only very rudimentary. See also [MS-DOS]. [FreeDOS | http://www.freedos.org] is a [Free] clone.