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No. 'DOS' is an acronym meaning 'disk operating system'; not the same thing as 'an operating system'. All thumbs are fingers, but not all fingers are thumbs.

For instance; CP/M[1] (the precursor of MS-DOS[2]) is an operating system. As is NOVELL. There are many other examples.

[1] Originally "Control Program and Monitor", though later changed to "Control Program for Microprocessors".

[2] Microsoft DOS

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