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DOS is a family of operating systems for IBM PC-compatible computers.

DOS may also refer to:

Computing[link]

• Disk operating system, software in most computers that allows for management of the storage devices
  • List of DOS operating systems, multiple OSes for both IBM and other systems
• Distributed operating system
• Distributed object system
• Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, a 2005 video game for the Nintendo DS
• Data over signalling, a telecommunications method for multiplexing data onto a signalling channel, instead of a bearer channel
• Denial-of-service attack, a form of attack on a computer system or network, commonly abbreviated as DoS or DDoS for distributed attacks
• Delete on sight, a status given to a user who has been banned from a website and is not allowed to make another account; one step before an IP ban
• Dawn of Souls from Final Fantasy, a 2004 remake of two first games of the Final Fantasy series on Gameboy Advance

Music[link]

• Dos (band), an American band
• Dos (Altered State album), the second studio album from the progressive rock band Altered State
• Dos (Dos album), the first album recorded by the band Dos
• Dos (Myriam Hernández album), the title of the second studio album released by Chilean singer Myriam Hernández in 1990
• Dos (Fanny Lú album), the title of the second album by Colombian Pop and Vallenato singer, Fanny Lú
• Dos (Gerardo album), the second album of Latin rap artist Gerardo
• Dos Historias, a 2006 greatest hits album featuring the music of American Tejano singers Selena and Ana Bárbara
• ¡Dos! (Green Day Album), An upcoming 2012 album by Green Day

Organisations[link]

• Democratic Opposition of Serbia, a former multi-party political alliance in Serbia
• Directorate of Overseas Surveys, the United Kingdom's central survey and mapping organisation for British colonies and protectorates 1957–1984
• Department of State, the Cabinet-level agency in charge of the foreign affairs of the United States

Science[link]

• Density of states, a property in condensed matter physics
• Diversity oriented synthesis, a strategy to improve the efficiency of chemical synthesis
• DOS (Russian-language acronym, variously translated as Long-Duration/Durable/Permanent Orbital Station), a designation for a series of Russian manned space stations, such as the Salyut program
• DOS Dioctyl Sebacate Failed to parse (Missing texvc executable; please see math/README to configure.): C_{26} H_{50} O_4

, a low temperature resistant plasticizor

Sports[link]

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

Places[link]

• Dongdaemun-gu Office Station, rail station in Seoul, South Korea
• Dos Torres, a city located in the province of Córdoba, Spain
• Dos Hermanas, a Spanish city 15 km (9.3 mi) south of Seville in Andalusia
• Dos Pilas, Mayan archaeological site in Guatemala
• Dos, a village in Vidra Commune, Alba County, Romania

Other uses[link]

• Day of Silence, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network's (GLSEN) annual day of action to protest the bullying and harassment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) students and their supporters
• Canal Nou Dos, the second channel launched by Ràdio Televisió Valenciana on 9 October 1997
• Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund, founded on 20 May 2006 by a merger of the Deutscher Sportbund (DSB), and the Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Deutschland (NOK) which dates back to 1895, the year it was founded and recognized as NOC by the IOC
• Dos, the Spanish word for two

See also[link]

• Doss (disambiguation)

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