ms-dos

1. 1.

   an operating system developed by Bill Gates for personal computers

   SynonymsMicrosoft disk operating system

   BroaderDOS

Questions about ms-dos

What does ms-dos mean?

ms-dos means "an operating system developed by Bill Gates for personal computers".

How many syllables are in ms-dos?

ms-dos has 1 syllable under the regular spelling rules, and is not divided further. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for ms-dos?

Close synonyms include Microsoft disk operating system. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.