DOS

  1. (acronym) .  (computing) Disk Operating System, sometimes MS-DOS for Microsoft-DOS, DR-DOS, etc.
  2. (initialism) .  (military) Date[s] of Service.
  3. (initialism) .  (military) Date of Separation.
  4. (initialism) .  (US) Department of State.
  5. (initialism) .  (science) Density of states.
  6. (abbreviation) .  (context, computing) A Denial of Service (a particular type of attack.).
  7. (abbreviation) .  (context, teaching) Director of Studies; someone in charge of the academic side of a school including training teachers and deciding course materials.
  8. Noun.  (plural of, do) .

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