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A '''disk operating system''' (often '''DOS''') is an [[operating system]] which adds support for [[secondary storage]] on [[disk]]s, principally by adding a [[file system]].
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A '''disk operating system''' is an [[operating system]] which adds support for [[secondary storage]] on [[disk]]s, principally by adding a [[file system]].
  
 
Many early computers, and early [[personal computer]]s, went through a stage, early on, where the very earliest systems did not support disks, and then a DOS was created/released for them. Examples include the [[IBM System/360]], the [[PDP-11]], and the [[IBM PC]] and [[Apple II]].
 
Many early computers, and early [[personal computer]]s, went through a stage, early on, where the very earliest systems did not support disks, and then a DOS was created/released for them. Examples include the [[IBM System/360]], the [[PDP-11]], and the [[IBM PC]] and [[Apple II]].
  
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* [[DOS]]
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Latest revision as of 20:58, 15 December 2018

A disk operating system is an operating system which adds support for secondary storage on disks, principally by adding a file system.

Many early computers, and early personal computers, went through a stage, early on, where the very earliest systems did not support disks, and then a DOS was created/released for them. Examples include the IBM System/360, the PDP-11, and the IBM PC and Apple II.

See also