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Operating system focused on disk-based file operations
A disk operating system (DOS) is a computer operating system that requires a hard disk (HDD), floppy disk, solid-state drive (SSD), or other direct-access storage device as secondary storage. A DOS provides a file system and a means for loading and running programs stored on the disk. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Disk operating systemA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Upgrading and repairing PCsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Thin-disk laser system operating above 10 kW at near fundamental mode beam qualityCited 62 times
- Go sideways: Home computerA closely related topic
- Go sideways: List of disk operating systems called DOSA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A type of computer operating system that requires a disk drive for secondary storage to manage files and load programs.
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Thin-disk laser system operating above 10 kW at near fundamental mode beam quality
NOVA SKED II: A behavioral notation language utilizing the Data General Corporation real-time disk operating system
Cello: A Disk Scheduling Framework for Next Generation Operating Systems*
Purple dawn: Dead disk forensics on Google's Fuchsia operating system
DR DOS PC disk operating system version 5.0
A floppy disk operating system for the 8080 and Z80
Operating system support for the management of hard real-time disk traffic
Performance analysis of an optical disk-based office system under a mixed user operating strategy
📚 Books worth reading
Upgrading and repairing PCsScott Mueller, Mark Edward Soper · 1988
Operating systemsWilliam Stallings · 1992
Essential System AdministrationÆleen Frisch · 1991
Building Embedded Linux SystemsKarim Yaghmour, Jon Masters · 2003
Linux network administrator's guideOlaf Kirch, Tony Bautts · 1994
Big Book of Apple HacksChris Seibold · 2008
Sad Macs, bombs, and other disastersTed Landau · 1993
Convective heat and mass transfer in rotating disk systemsIgor V. Shevchuk · 2009
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