dos
/doʊz/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.69 in modern English
4
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Initialism of date of service.
noun
Initialism of date of separation.
noun
noun
Initialism of density of states.
noun
Initialism of director of studies.
noun
noun
Initialism of death on scene.
name
Acronym of Disk Operating System, a family of disk-based operating systems.
Example Sentences
- "Next, using your word processor or the DOS text editor, you can edit your AUTOEXEC.BAT file."
- "One way to do that is to turn the PC off and turn it back on again. Then, the PC performs its self-test and boots DOS."
- "With the coming of Monday arrived a new life for David—a curious life full of "don'ts" and "dos." David wondered sometimes why all the pleasant things were "don'ts" and all the unpleasant ones "dos.""
- "In functional harmonic progression, three “Dos” in a row within the Do-Ti test indicate chord changes that can only be this descending third pattern."
- "In addition to out-of-spec traffic, malicious packets can contain payloads that cause a system to crash. A packet's payload is taken as input into a service. If the input is not properly checked, the application can be DoSed."
Etymology
From denial of service.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /doʊz/
- British English: /dəʊz/
Usage
- American usage
- Transitive verb
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Phrases
Frequently Paired Words
DoS
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