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No, DOS is command based only - not Windows based which is a graphic user interface.

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What was the most popular non-GUI operating system for the PC?

disk operating system(DOS)


Is DOS a graphical operating system?

DOS is a CLI (Command Line Interface) Operating System..


What made GUI different from the DOS operating system?

DOS is fully command based operating system. we do every job in Dos by typing commands instead by using mouse clicks like todays computers. This is because of Using GUI (Graphic user interface). GUI make computers user friendly As MS DOS is completely CLI (command line interface) based operating system hence it does not incorporate a GUI (graphical user interface) natively. This is the main difference.


Which was the first GUI based operating system that was independent of DOS?

Macintosh! For windows, windows 95


A GUI based operating system?

There is no such thing as a "GUI-based operating system." A GUI is just one of many method for interacting with an operating system and using it to accomplish a task. The GUI is in no way related to how an operating system works internally.


What is the difference between a GUI and MS-DOS?

"GUI" is a term for a user interface paradigm where objects are represented graphically with icons, and often use windows and mouse pointers. MS-DOS is an operating system, one of many that does not use a GUI by default.


What is found in a GUI operating system?

A GUI operating system is an extremely complex system that your mom is usually found inside.


Which operating system is used to run a dos application?

dos operating system


Difference between ms- dos and window dos?

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.


What is in a GUI operating system?

A GUI operating system is really anything that uses graphics to control what a system does. GUI stands for "Graphic User Interface". So there for, MACOS, Windows, and the Main screen of Linux/Unix is considered a GUI, the operating system is the part of software that controls what the computer is doing.


What are the differences between dos and operating system?

The letters DOS stand for Disk Operating System. So DOS is an operating system. It is more commonly referred to as a CLI (Command Line Interface) because you have to type commands one at a time. Any version of Windows (from Windows 95 onward), or the Macintosh OS, are operating systems that have a GUI (Graphic User Interface). (Older versions of Windows, such as Windows for Workgroups 3.11, were basically a GUI that ran on top of DOS. You had to start Windows by typing the command WIN at the command line, or add the command to a file called AUTOEXEC.BAT, so that Windows would automatically start when you booted the computer.)


Full form of DOS?

MS-DOS stands for Microsoft Disk Operating System. MS-DOS was an operating system for personal computers that was used during the 1980s through the mid-1990s.