MS-DOS

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MS-DOS (short for MicroSoft Disk Operating System) is an operating system created by Microsoft in 1981. MS-DOS was the most popular and widely used operating system in the DOS family. It was the main operating system for the PC platform during the 1980s. Over the years, MS-DOS has slowly been replaced with various versions of the Windows operating system.

MS-DOS had eight major versions before Microsoft stopped the development in 2000. It was the key product in Microsoft's growth, providing the company with revenue and essential marketing services.

Common MS-DOS Versions

• MS-DOS 3.1, November 1984, added support for Microsoft Networking.
• MS-DOS 3.2, January 1986, added support for 720KB floppy drives.
• MS-DOS 5.0, June 1991, intergrated graphical user interface (GUI) also known as Windows.
• MS-DOS 7.0, August 1995, shipped embedded in Windows 95.
• MS-DOS 7.1, August 1996, shipped embedded in Windows 95B and in Windows 98.
• MS-DOS 8.0, September 2000, shipped embedded in Windows ME (Milennium Edition, not to be confused with Windows 2000).

See also

• Microsoft