MS DOS

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MS DOS stands for ???

It Stands for Microsoft Disk Operating System

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MS DOS history???
MS-DOS 1.0 was released in August 1981, and was updated until April 1994 when it was replaced by Windows 95 All versions of windows still contain some type of DOS, in windows 95 and 98 you can go to run and type command to get to DOS prompt, in NT, 2000, and XP you can type CMD and get DOS.

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MS DOS IS ALSO KNOWN AS Command prompt or Command line interface One have to do all work through command Two types of command 1.Internal Commands 2.External Commands
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MS DOS COMMANDS
INTERNAL COMMANDS
Stored inside the computers internal memory It does not require any file to be loaded in the computers memory

EXAMPLES
DATE TIME COPY DELETE
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MS DOS COMMANDS(CONTD)
EXTERNAL COMMANDS
Not stored inside the computers internal memory It requires file to be loaded in the computers memory

EXAMPLES
BACKUP Chkdisk XCOPY FORMAT DISKCOPY
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