what is ms dos
MS-DOS developed by Microsoft corporation became the defacto standard for machines designed with Intel microprocessors. MS-DOS was selected by IBM for its PC’s. This established the popularity of MSDOS. Since IBM hardware and its compatibles hold a large share of the microcomputer market, most application software are available for MSDOS. The IBM version of MS-DOS is known as PC-DOS.
DOS is helpful to organize disks and use them efficiently. It helps to create and manage files on disks, make copies of them or remove unwanted files from the disks.
MS-DOS 5.0 comes equipped with a graphical user interface (GUI) called the DOS Shell. This interface helps the user with everyday tasks such as starting a program or formatting a floppy disk. With the GUI the desired task can be easily selected and started with the mouse, by just pointing to the item on the screen and clicking the mouse button.
The DOS shell also provides an overview of the contents of the hard disk and floppy disk any time. Several programs can be started at once but only one program runs at a time, the others are suspended. Now-a-days use of MS DOS is very limited. Now every one use MS Windows for their daily works.
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