Differences between version 16 and revision by previous author of DOS.
Other diffs: Previous Major Revision, Previous Revision, or view the Annotated Edit History
| Newer page: | version 16 | Last edited on Wednesday, February 11, 2004 1:27:54 pm | by AristotlePagaltzis | Revert |
| Older page: | version 11 | Last edited on Monday, January 5, 2004 10:18:45 pm | by JohnMcPherson | Revert |
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
An [Acronym] with two different meanings:
;; %%% DenialOfService : See that page. Usually written "DoS".
-;; %%% __D__isk __O__perating __S__ystem : The original OperatingSystem for [IBM]'s [PersonalComputer]s, named after MicroComputer OperatingSystems
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].
+;; %%% __D__isk __O__perating __S__ystem : 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
.
