MS-DOS

E7153
command-line operating system disk operating system operating system proprietary software

MS-DOS is a command-line operating system that became the foundational software platform for early IBM-compatible personal computers in the 1980s and early 1990s.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
PC DOS 8
86-DOS 3
COMMAND.COM 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf command-line operating system ⓘ
disk operating system ⓘ
operating system ⓘ
proprietary software ⓘ
abbreviationOf MS-DOS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Microsoft Disk Operating System
architecture 16-bit ⓘ
basedOn MS-DOS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 86-DOS
creator Microsoft ⓘ
defaultShell MS-DOS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: COMMAND.COM
developer Microsoft ⓘ
distributionModel OEM preinstallation ⓘ
retail distribution ⓘ
fileSystem FAT12 ⓘ
FAT16 ⓘ
FAT32 ⓘ
firstReleasedFor IBM PC ⓘ
surface form: IBM Personal Computer
includedIn Windows 95 ⓘ
Windows 98 ⓘ
Windows ME ⓘ
surface form: Windows Me
influenced FreeDOS ⓘ
MS-DOS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: PC DOS
initialReleaseDate 1981-08-12 ⓘ
kernelType monolithic kernel ⓘ
latestReleaseDate 2000 ⓘ
latestReleaseVersion 8.0 ⓘ
license proprietary license ⓘ
marketRole dominant operating system for IBM PC compatibles in the 1980s ⓘ
notableFeature AUTOEXEC.BAT startup script ⓘ
CONFIG.SYS configuration file ⓘ
limited memory management ⓘ
single-tasking design ⓘ
platform IBM PC compatible ⓘ
x86 ⓘ
predecessor MS-DOS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 86-DOS
primaryUsePeriod 1980s ⓘ
early 1990s ⓘ
programmingLanguage assembly language ⓘ
runsOn IBM PC ⓘ
IBM PC compatible ⓘ
surface form: IBM PC compatible computers
successor Windows 95 ⓘ
Windows NT line ⓘ
supports .BAT file extension ⓘ
.COM file extension ⓘ
.EXE file extension ⓘ
COM executable format ⓘ
EXE executable format ⓘ
batch files ⓘ
supportsMode 8086 processor mode ⓘ
real mode ⓘ
targetAudience personal computer users ⓘ
userInterface command-line interface ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

MS-DOS → abbreviationOf → MS-DOS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Microsoft Disk Operating System
CP/M-86 → alternativeTo → MS-DOS ⓘ
CP/M-86 → alternativeTo → MS-DOS ⓘ
this entity surface form: PC DOS
MS-DOS → basedOn → MS-DOS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 86-DOS
Windows 1.0 → basedOn → MS-DOS ⓘ
Windows 98 → bootLoader → MS-DOS ⓘ
IBM PC → bundledSoftware → MS-DOS ⓘ
this entity surface form: IBM PC DOS 1.0
this entity surface form: PC DOS
FreeDOS → compatibleWith → MS-DOS ⓘ
MS-DOS → defaultShell → MS-DOS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: COMMAND.COM
FAT16 → designedFor → MS-DOS ⓘ
Microsoft → developed → MS-DOS ⓘ
this entity surface form: MS-DOS 7.0
FreeDOS → includes → MS-DOS ⓘ
this entity surface form: COMMAND.COM
CP/M → influenced → MS-DOS ⓘ
CP/M → influenced → MS-DOS ⓘ
this entity surface form: PC DOS
CP/M → influenced → MS-DOS ⓘ
this entity surface form: 86-DOS
MS-DOS → influenced → MS-DOS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: PC DOS
Bill Gates → notableWork → MS-DOS ⓘ
IBM PC → operatingSystem → MS-DOS ⓘ
this entity surface form: PC DOS
IBM PC → operatingSystem → MS-DOS ⓘ
IBM PC AT → operatingSystem → MS-DOS ⓘ
this entity surface form: PC DOS
IBM PC AT → operatingSystem → MS-DOS ⓘ
IBM PC XT → operatingSystem → MS-DOS ⓘ
this entity surface form: PC DOS
IBM PC XT → operatingSystem → MS-DOS ⓘ
this entity surface form: PC DOS
Word → originalPlatform → MS-DOS ⓘ
subject surface form: Microsoft Word
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MS-DOS → predecessor → MS-DOS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 86-DOS
this entity surface form: MS-DOS 2.0 or later