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4th Oct 2009, 23:40
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The reason why I ask is because I have always thought Windows ran on top of DOS. Therefore, Windows is actually an application.Is this true?If Windows is a true operating system, why do they still call it DOS... Disk Operating System?
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7th Oct 2009, 17:13
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This depends on what Windows version you are talking about. The First version of Windows not to use any MS-DOS was Windows 2000, every Windows version after that used no MS-DOS whatsoever. MS-DOS was a command line operating system, it is no longer used. Programs like Windows are now refereed to as Operating Systems or OS's the term dos is not really a common usage, though technically it stood for Disk Operating System, and today's OS's can do much more.
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