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DOS is a family of IBM PC-compatible operating systems. DOS or Dos may also refer to:


Computing

* Data over signalling (DoS), multiplexing data onto a signalling channel * Denial-of-service attack (DoS), an attack on a communications network *
Disk operating system A disk operating system (DOS) is a computer operating system that requires a disk or other direct-access storage device as secondary storage. A DOS provides a file system and a means for loading and running computer program, programs stored on th ...
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List of disk operating systems called DOS This is a list of disk operating system (DOS) variants with ''DOS'' in their name. Many are (or where in the day of DOS) called simply ''DOS'' within the context of their respective community. For IBM PC compatible systems DOS variants targete ...
, Apple DOS, Atari DOS, DOS/360, etc. * Distributed operating system


Music


Albums

* ''Dos'' (Altered State album) * ''Dos'' (Dos album) * ''Dos'' (Fanny Lú album) * ''Dos'' (Gerardo album) * ''Dos'' (Malo album), 1972 * ''Dos'' (Myriam Hernández album), 1989 * ''Dos'', album by Wooden Shjips, 2009 * '' ¡Dos!'', album by Green Day


Other uses in music

* Dos (band), an American rock duo * DOS (concert), by Filipino singer Daniel Padilla


Organisations

* Democratic Opposition of Serbia, a former political alliance * Department of Space, India * Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund * Directorate of Overseas Surveys, UK 1957–1984 *Dominus Obsequious Sororium, within the cult NXIVM *
United States Department of State The United States Department of State (DOS), or simply the State Department, is an United States federal executive departments, executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy of the United State ...


Places

* Dos, a village in Vidra Commune, Romania


Science

* Density of states in physics * DOS-1 etc., Russian space station designation in the
Salyut programme The ''Salyut'' programme (, , meaning "salute" or "fireworks") was the first space station programme, undertaken by the Soviet Union. It involved a series of four crewed scientific research space stations and two crewed military reconnaissa ...
* Dioctyl sebacate, an organic chemical * Diversity oriented synthesis in chemistry


Sports

* DOS Kampen, a Dutch football club * VV DOS, a past Dutch football club now part of FC Utrecht


Other uses

* Dos (card game), a variation of Uno * Dos, an Ancient Roman
dowry A dowry is a payment such as land, property, money, livestock, or a commercial asset that is paid by the bride's (woman's) family to the groom (man) or his family at the time of marriage. Dowry contrasts with the related concepts of bride price ...
* Day of Silence, an LGBT observance


See also

* * * * * * * American Descendants of Slavery, ADOS or sometimes DOS * Doss (disambiguation) * Do (disambiguation), for the singular of dos * Uno, dos, tres... (disambiguation) {{Disambiguation