DOS

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Initialism of date of service.
  2. Initialism of date of separation.
  3. Initialism of denial of service.
  4. Initialism of density of states.
  5. Initialism of director of studies.
  6. Initialism of disk operating system
  7. Initialism of death on scene.
name
  1. Acronym of Disk Operating System, a family of disk-based operating systems.
  2. Initialism of Department of State.
noun
  1. plural of do
noun
  1. plural of do
noun
  1. A denial-of-service attack.
verb
  1. To commit a denial-of-service attack against.
noun
  1. A Director of Studies; someone who oversees the scholarly aspects of an institution, including faculty development and curriculum design.

Pronunciation

/diː oː ˈɛs/ /dɒs/ /dɔːs/ /dɑs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-DOS.wav /duːz/ /dəʊz/ /doʊz/

Word forms

DOS DOSes do's DoSs DoSing DoSed

Etymology

From denial of service.

Synonyms

Related words

DoS

Derived words

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