DoS n 1: the federal department in the UnitedStates that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789" [syn: {Department of State}, {State Department}, {State}] 2: an operating system that is on a disk [syn: {disk operating system}]
DOS1. The common abbreviation for {MS-DOS}. 2. {IBM}'s {Disk Operating System}. 3. Any {disk operating system}. (2001-03-16)