dos

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Its Basic programming language and DOS operating system weren’t innovative in the market—but became standards.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

Or 5.25-inch floppies, like some of the DOS versions did.

From The Verge • Jul. 20, 2022

In the late 1990s, I was kindly, patiently coaxing senior colleagues off text-based DOS terminals and onto graphics-based Windows operating systems, wondering why they were resisting change that would make their jobs easier.

From Washington Post • May 26, 2022

We’d still be staring at DOS prompts on monochrome screens.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2021

For Codepages 437 and 850, you may have to open a Command Prompt and use a DOS editor like EDIT.

From The Project Gutenberg FAQ 2002 by Tinsley, Jim