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dos

noun as in disk operating system

noun as in operating system

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They called it JAWS, which stands for Job Access With Speech, but is also a playful reference to another DOS screen reader called Flipper, like the dolphin in an eponymous 1960s TV show.

PS: if the thought of installing Windows 98 from DOS is too intimidating, you’re in luck.

In the late 1990s, I was kindly, patiently coaxing senior colleagues off text-based DOS terminals and onto graphics-based Windows operating systems, wondering why they were resisting change that would make their jobs easier.

The 67-year-old apologized for her senior role in NXIVM, which was exposed to have operated a secret society known as "DOS" that groomed women, including minors, as sex slaves for Raniere.

Though Kreuk left the group and later stated she had “never experienced any illegal or nefarious activity,” Mack stayed on and eventually became a high-ranking leader of an all-women subgroup called DOS.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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