
DOS is digital operating system. it is case insensitive, and you use text to communicate with it.
Booting is the first thing that your computer does when you first turn it on.
DOS is text based.
To communicate with DOS, the screen has a promt where you enter a command.
Case insensitive means that it doesn't matter what case you use it will still take the command.
An example would be EnTeR or eNtEr.
4 useful things to learn about DOS.
SET PATH= is when it goes dirctly to that thing of place.
? in a file name means is when you now some of the words thats in it but not all and it will bring up anything with that begins with it.
* in a file name means it is a wild card so it will bring up any file that has any part of that word threw out the file name.
. in a directory path stands for it is going to do that exact thing.
7 very useful DOS commands. Explain each.
A: floppy disk drive
C: hard drive
DIR directory
MD make new directory
CD change dirctory
COPY copy text
DEL delete
DOS organizes disks by uding a tree.
Three requirements that must be met for a file to be named include
1-8 letters, a period, and 3 more letters.
An example: test.doc
In DOS directories named by what file they are in.
An example would be A: picture/church/winter jam