The duo bought the rights to existing computer software, modified it, got a copyright, and rechristened it Microsoft Disk Operating System (MS-DOS).
What does MSDOS stand for?
MSDOS stands for Microsoft Disk Operating System
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- Microsoft Software Developer Network
- Multi-Server Domain Name (aka shared domain name)
- Multi-Service Data Network
- Multi-Service Digital Node (Sprint)
- Microsoft Developer Network Academic Alliance
- Movimiento Social por los Derechos de la Niñez, la Adolescencia y la Juventud en Guatemala
- Mandibular Symphyseal Distraction Osteogenesis
- Multidisciplinary System Design Optimization
- Maryland State Department of Education (Baltimore, MD)
- Meinem System Droht Overkill Status (German: My System Threatens Overkill Status)
- Mainframe Software Development Process
- Massachusetts Standardized Documentation Project
- Missile Site Data Processor
- Mobile Service Delivery Platform (Reaxion Corp)
- Modified Shortest-Distance Path
- Multi Source Discovery Protocol (network routers)
- Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (IETF)
- Multicast Source Distribution Protocol (computing)
- Missile Site Data Processing System
- Missile Site Data Processing Subsystem
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THE firm's first break came in 1981 when IBM chose the Microsoft Disk Operating System for its first personal computer.