CASTRO, Enrico Nathanielle P.

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10/24/2020

Disk Operating System (DOS)

What is DOS?

 Also known as disk operating system, DOS alludes to the first working
framework created by Microsoft for IBM, some of the time likewise referred
to as MS-DOS (Microsoft disk operating system).
 It refers to a number of computer operating systems that are operated by
using the command line.

How is the DOS used?

 At the point when you type anything at the DOS brief, and press enter, you
are advising DOS to run a program.
 It will initially hope to check whether there is an inside order program
which has that name, and in the event that it doesn't discover one, at that
point it will hope to check whether there is a document on plate with that
name.
 On the off chance that it finds an outside document with the expansion
.COM (order), or .EXE (executable), at that point the program is stacked
and run. Now DOS loses control of the PC until the program has finished.
Nonetheless, parts of it are as yet utilized by the projects as they are
running, EX: to load and spare documents and so on.

Is the DOS still being used today?

Although a few, professionals from different fields of work still utilize the DOS in
their respective industrial work environments. Since the DOS lacks the typical
GUI, it is not typically used. However, its prevalence on heavy industries and
machinery, in the scientific field is still widely used.

 Hotels and casinos have ancient fire alarm control boards which can only
be programming using specialized software on DOS.
 Some clinics and restaurants from Taiwan use it for billing customers with
their receipts,
 Old games that run on 16-bit applications like Mario