"MS-DOS" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˌɛmɛsˈdɒs/
Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} MS-DOS
  1. Initialism of Microsoft Disk Operating System, an operating system for IBM-compatible personal computers in the 1980s and 1990s, eventually succeeded by standalone versions of Microsoft Windows. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Microsoft Disk Operating System (extra: an operating system for IBM-compatible personal computers in the 1980s and 1990s, eventually succeeded by standalone versions of Microsoft Windows) Categories (topical): IBM, Microsoft Translations (Translations): МС-ДОС (MS-DOS) [masculine] (Russian)
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