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MS-DOS is an operating system for x86-based personal computers, developed mostly by Microsoft. It was the main operating system for IBM PC compatible computers through the 1980s, also branded by IBM as PC DOS, before it was gradually superseded by operating systems offering a graphical user interface, including later generations of Microsoft Windows.

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1981 1
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MS-DOS was the main operating system for IBM PC compatible computers through the 1980s before being gradually superseded by operating systems offering a graphical user interface, including later versions of Microsoft Windows. 1
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1. MS-DOS - Wikipedia
  • History section
    IBM licensed and released it in 1981 as PC DOS 1.0 for use in its IBM Personal Computer.
  • Lead section
    MS-DOS was the main operating system for IBM PC compatibles during the 1980s, from which point it was gradually superseded by operating systems offering a graphical user interface (GUI).
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