MS-DOS [
`ɛmɛs'dɑs]
[计] 微软公司磁盘操作系统
ms-dos[ noun ]
an operating system developed by Bill Gates for personal computers
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- It has a near-monopoly on the MS-DOS program that every user of an IBM PC or clone must buy, and fiercely defends that program from copiers.
- After all, he notes, Microsoft's $50 million investment in OS/2's development "is a luxury that has already been paid for by selling 20 million copies of MS-DOS."
- It was a Brazilian ban on Microsoft's MS-DOS that triggered President Reagan's order last month to impose trade sanctions against Brazil.
- MS-DOS takes over again when the applications program turns to such mundane tasks as storing data in the machine's hard disk.
- A hypertext system, Hypercard, is already included with Mac Plus, II and SE computers from Apple and other software is available for MS-DOS machines.
- On a computer screen, MS-DOS with Windows and OS/2 "look very much alike," says Steve Morse, senior technology officer at Manufacturers Hanover Trust Corp.
- He controlled Microsoft's Japanese operations and helped its MS-DOS become the main PC operating system in Japan.
- Only computers that use Microsoft Corp.'s MS-DOS operating system can be infected.
- Juge said the Model 200 was squeezed from the bottom by the Model 102 and from the top by the Model 1400, a $1,499 computer introduced last August that has more memory and runs industry-standard MS-DOS software.
- Despite its rosey financial picture, Microsoft continues to struggle with the dismal showing of a new operating system designed to replace MS-DOS.
- In MS-DOS, programs' effectiveness is restricted by memory limitations, and users risk confusion if they forget arcane command codes.
- Microsoft offers discounts to PC manufacturers that agree to pay a royalty fee for the right to install MS-DOS and Windows on all the computers they sell.
- Hardware and operating systems: Windows 3.0 on a PC 80286 or higher, MS-DOS 3.1 or higher: 80386, mouse and 2MB RAM recommended. User views - pros: 'Integral part of Microsoft family, integrates with Excel, and so on.
- Despite IBM's attempts to woo computer users from MS-DOS to its newer system, OS/2, customers continue sticking with tried-and-true MS-DOS and its sister program, Windows, which has already given Microsoft an edge over IBM.
- Despite IBM's attempts to woo computer users from MS-DOS to its newer system, OS/2, customers continue sticking with tried-and-true MS-DOS and its sister program, Windows, which has already given Microsoft an edge over IBM.
- Sales of the Amiga multimedia computer line rose 20%, while the C64 line increased more than 30% and the Professional PC MS-DOS computer line grew 35%.