MS-DOS
Example Sentences
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But IBM did license its MS-DOS operating system for the 1981 PC, figuring it might sell 200,000 units over the life of the product.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026
Microsoft and Apple have their own disk formatting systems, but Apple can read MS-DOS, while Windows cannot read any Apple file systems.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 30, 2021
Music nerds will delight in the wealth of inside references and jokes, as when Ms. Starlite refers to 1979 as the moment before Reagan, MS-DOS, acid wash “and Don Henley’s solo career.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2019
Released on Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64 and MS-DOS, it made use of Spider-Man’s web-swinging ability, and had some amusing character animations, but it effectively served as an uninspired sequel to Doctor Doom’s Revenge!
From The Verge ● Aug. 31, 2018
Area of special expertise: applications of global sources of online information, computer conferencing, global electronic mail, automation of information retrieval, MS-DOS computer applications.
From The Online World by Odd De Presno
