MS-DOS is as boring as the words its stands for : Microsoft Disk operative system.DOS handles the chores required to make the computer do its traditional computer stuff:shuffle information to and from the various part of the computer and put it on your screen for you to labor over.
When you turn on your computer, DOS wakes up,takes control, and starts making things happen . It handlles all the dreadful,background computing mechanics so you can concentrate an what's happening to the screen.
DOS protects you from the internal computer stuff,but DOS is kind of technical itself.So Windows rides on top of DOS,insulating you from your computer's technical side even more. When you tell Windows to do something, It turns around and tell DOS to do something.Windows is just a translator,converting languages and collecting cash for its services.
And you still need DOS to run Windows. because Microsoft wrote both programs, it can collect twice as much money!
When you turn on your computer, DOS wakes up,takes control, and starts making things happen . It handlles all the dreadful,background computing mechanics so you can concentrate an what's happening to the screen.
DOS protects you from the internal computer stuff,but DOS is kind of technical itself.So Windows rides on top of DOS,insulating you from your computer's technical side even more. When you tell Windows to do something, It turns around and tell DOS to do something.Windows is just a translator,converting languages and collecting cash for its services.
And you still need DOS to run Windows. because Microsoft wrote both programs, it can collect twice as much money!
- Windows and DOS are two separate programs. DOS controls your computer's sticky internal mechanic, and Windows controls DOS.You then control Windows.Windows and DOS act as two layers of insulation that protects you from your computer's guts.
- Windows doesn't have to be running on your computer all the time In fact after installing Windows,you don't even have to use use it. You can still use your favorite DOS programs,just as before . When you get up the nerve,you can start Windows,run some Windows programs,and see what all the fuss is about.
- Although Windows programs can insulate you from DOS,DOS still lurks into background.in fact, you see DOS when you first start Windows and when you exit Windows.You can't get away from it. (You can even run a DOS session in an on-screen Windows window if you miss seeing that C:\> stuff)
Microsoft's version of DOS is called MS-DOS.
Microsoft sells licenses to other companies so that
those companies can sell DOS with their own line
of computers. The other companies charge the name
slightly, so customers think that they're getting something
special. You find PC DOS, COMPAQ DOS,Tandy DOS,
and a plethora of others.
They're all pretty much the same thing.A DOS is a DOS.
OH,and no matter who's selling it, DOS rhymes with boss,
Don't pronounce it as dose unless you're pretending you're
novice at the software store to see wheather the salesperson try to
rip you off. LOL
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