MS DOS came before windows.
Precursor
Wingdings is a set of icons and glyphs that are a font originally on Microsoft Windows. Some say that Wingdings and their parent, Dingbats, are the precursor to emojis.
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The precursor of basophils is the basophil progenitor cell, the precursor of monoblasts is the monoblast cell, the precursor of lymphoblasts is the lymphoblast cell, the precursor of megakaryoblasts is the megakaryoblast cell, and the precursor of myeloblasts is the myeloblast cell. These precursor cells undergo differentiation and maturation processes to become fully functional mature blood cells.
The precursor to the steel drum is 'tamboo bamboo'.
A precursor is a substance from which a more active substance is derived. For opium, the opium poppy flower could be regarded as a precursor. For marijuana, seeds for growing could be regarded as a precursor ... and so on and do forth.
The precursor cell to blood platelets are megakaryocyte precursor (MkP) cells in the bone marrow.
A precursor is something that comes before something else.
MS=Microsoft DOS = Disk Operating System. The Microsoft precursor to Windows It was loaded on to a PC via floppy disks
LNWR Precursor Tank Class was created in 1906.
LNWR Whale Precursor Class was created in 1904.
A precursor is something which comes before something else, not quite the same but similar; an earlier model of something. The typewriter was the precursor to the computer keyboard. The Russian revolution of 1905 was the precursor to the revolution of 1917