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MS DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System) is an operating system where you can type in a command and it will be sent directly to the computer, MS-DOS is also known as a CLI (command line interface). If you want the computer to do something, you will have to type in a command. if the command is not recognised, the function will not be performed.
Windows: Windows is a GUI (graphical user interface) anything you want the computer to do you can see graphically on a monitor and select, edit or delete certain files, on GUI based operating systems you can access the Command prompt which will do the same as a CLI.
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Difference between ms dos and wordpad?
MS DOS is an Operating System, WordPad is an Application..
What are the main difference between ms-dos window xp?
msdos is text based; it is a command line xp is graphic oriented; it has pictures and graphics
What are the difference between ms-dos and unix as a language translator?
Neither one of them is a "language translator."
The relevance of DOS commands to window based operating system?
relevance of ms dos to typewriting
Why your program compiles successfully in devcpp but does not execute?
Maybe it does execute, but in a temporary MS-DOS window, which is closed when program's terminated. Run your program from a separate MS-DOS window (Start/Run: CMD.EXE)
What is difference between delete file in DOS and delete file in Windows?
i don't know the difference but what i know is ... deleted file from MS-DOS is never go to the recycle bin. Thanks !
Difference between dos and dos shell?
MS-DOS ended with Windows NT. It used file command.com to interpret all DOS commands. Win 2000, XP, Vista use a DOS Shell which emulates DOS but is not really DOS.
What is the difference between MS-DOS and Windows 7?
MS DOS is a textual Operating System first used in early PC's of the 1980s - MS stands for MicroSoft, DOS stands for Disk Operating System. Windows 98 runs on top of DOS and it uses graphics. Current operating systems like XP and Vista are operating systems running by themselves without DOS.
What was the last version of MS-DOS?
MS-DOS 6.22 was the last stand-alone version of MS-DOS. Some believed that MS-DOS 7.0 was the last version of MS-DOS since Windows 95 reported MS-DOS as MS-DOS 7.0. However, this was just a shell in Windows and not a stand-alone version of MS-DOS.
Differences between MS-DOS and Unix in networking?
MS-DOS was not designed for networking, and doses not come with any tools to do so by default.
What is ms dos and ms office?
MS DOS is an acronym for Microsoft Disk Operating System. MS Office is an acronym for Microsoft Office which is a word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation application.
What is the difference between LUnix and DOS?
MS-DOS is tied architecturally to IBM PC-compatibles and x86 processors. LUnix is a Unix-like operating system for the Commodore 64 and Commodore 128, though it could be ported to other 6502 processors. MS-DOS was first released in 1982. LUnix was first released in 1993. MS-DOS is closed-source. LUnix is open-source, available under the terms of the GPL. MS-DOS was created by Microsoft. LUnix was created by volunteers around the world.
