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单词 disk operating system
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disk operating system


disk operating system

n. DOS.

disk operating system

n (Computer Science) an operating system used on a computer system with one or more disk drives. Often shortened to: DOS
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Noun1.disk operating system - an operating system that is on a diskDOSoperating system, OS - (computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services
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Disk Operating System


disk operating system

[¦disk ¦äp·ə‚rād·iŋ ‚sis·təm] (computer science) An operating system which uses magnetic disks as its primary on-line storage. Abbreviated DOS.

Disk Operating System

(operating system)(DOS) The original disk operating systemfrom IBM.

DOS was the low-end OS of choice on the IBM 360, thehigh-end system was called just "OS". DOS had a smallerkernel and less functionality than OS and could run on thetypical 32K 360/30 and 64K 360/40 class machines.

DOS was a successor to TOS.

disk operating system

(operating system)(DOS) The name of a number of operating systems which include facilities for storing files on disk,often used to refer to Microsoft DOS. Such a system musthandle physical disk I/O, the mapping of file names to diskaddresses and protection of files from unauthorised access (ina multi-user system).

A DOS should present a uniform interface to different storagedevice such as floppy disks, hard disks and magnetic tape drives. It may also provide some kind of locking toprevent unintentional simultaneous access by two processes tothe same file (or record).
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disk operating system


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Synonyms for disk operating system

noun an operating system that is on a disk

Synonyms

  • DOS

Related Words

  • operating system
  • OS
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