MS-DOS
E7153
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.
All labels observed (15)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MS-DOS canonical | 104 |
| PC DOS | 25 |
| DOS | 14 |
| 86-DOS | 4 |
| IBM PC DOS | 3 |
| COMMAND.COM | 2 |
| DOS kernel | 1 |
| IBM PC DOS 1.0 | 1 |
| MS-DOS 2.0 | 1 |
| MS-DOS 2.0 or later | 1 |
| MS-DOS 7.0 | 1 |
| MS-DOS API | 1 |
| Microsoft Disk Operating System | 1 |
| Microsoft MS-DOS | 1 |
| Microsoft for MS-DOS | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T82128 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MS-DOS Context triple: [Microsoft, developed, MS-DOS]
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A.
DOS
DOS is the commonly used acronym for the United States Department of State, the federal executive department responsible for U.S. foreign policy and international relations.
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B.
IBM PC
The IBM PC is the original 1981 personal computer model from IBM that became a de facto industry standard and helped popularize home and business computing worldwide.
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C.
Honeywell DDP-516 minicomputer
The Honeywell DDP-516 minicomputer was a rugged, 16-bit computer from the 1960s widely used in real-time and military applications, notably serving as the hardware platform for the original ARPANET Interface Message Processors.
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D.
Windows
Windows is a widely used family of graphical operating systems developed by Microsoft for personal computers, servers, and other devices.
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E.
Classic Mac OS
Classic Mac OS is the original graphical operating system for Apple’s Macintosh computers, known for its intuitive interface, single-tasking roots, and evolution from System 1 through Mac OS 9 before being replaced by macOS.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MS-DOS Target entity description: 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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A.
DOS
DOS is the commonly used acronym for the United States Department of State, the federal executive department responsible for U.S. foreign policy and international relations.
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B.
IBM PC
The IBM PC is the original 1981 personal computer model from IBM that became a de facto industry standard and helped popularize home and business computing worldwide.
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C.
Honeywell DDP-516 minicomputer
The Honeywell DDP-516 minicomputer was a rugged, 16-bit computer from the 1960s widely used in real-time and military applications, notably serving as the hardware platform for the original ARPANET Interface Message Processors.
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D.
Windows
Windows is a widely used family of graphical operating systems developed by Microsoft for personal computers, servers, and other devices.
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E.
Classic Mac OS
Classic Mac OS is the original graphical operating system for Apple’s Macintosh computers, known for its intuitive interface, single-tasking roots, and evolution from System 1 through Mac OS 9 before being replaced by macOS.
- F. None of above. chosen
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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: MS-DOS Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (161)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
MS-DOS 2.0
this entity surface form:
DOS
this entity surface form:
IBM PC DOS
this entity surface form:
Microsoft MS-DOS
this entity surface form:
PC DOS
this entity surface form:
IBM PC DOS
this entity surface form:
PC DOS
this entity surface form:
DOS
this entity surface form:
DOS
subject surface form:
Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons
this entity surface form:
PC DOS
subject surface form:
Heretic
subject surface form:
Heretic
this entity surface form:
PC DOS
this entity surface form:
Microsoft for MS-DOS