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Microsoft computer operating system

MS-DOS is an operating system for x86-based personal computers mostly developed by Microsoft. Collectively, MS-DOS, its alternate branding as IBM PC DOS, and a few operating systems attempting to be compatible with MS-DOS, are sometimes referred to as "DOS". MS-DOS was the main operating system for IBM PC compatibles during the 1980s, from which point it was gradually superseded by operating systems offering a graphical user interface (GUI), in various generations of the graphical Microsoft Windows operating system. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: MS-DOSA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Security-Based Fuzzy Control for Nonlinear Networked Control Systems With DoS Attacks via a Resilient Event-Triggered SchemeInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: DOS for DummiesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Improved 206Pb/238U microprobe geochronology by the monitoring of a trace-element-related matrix effect; SHRIMP, ID–TIMS, ELA–ICP–MS and oxygen isotope documentation for a series of zircon standardsCited 1,659 times
  5. Go sideways: IBM PC DOSA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: DOSA closely related topic

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  1. History
  2. Versions
  3. Competition
  4. Legal issues
  5. Use of undocumented APIs
  6. Windows command-line interface
  7. End-of-life
  8. Legacy compatibility
  9. Related systems

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

🆕 Influential since 2022

📚 Books worth reading

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