DOS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does DOS mean? 

• DOS (noun)
  The noun DOS has 2 senses:

1. the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies

2. an operating system that is on a disk

  Familiarity information: DOS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Department of State; DoS; State; State Department; United States Department of State

Context example:

the Department of State was created in 1789

Hypernyms ("DoS" is a kind of...):

executive department (a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States)

Meronyms (parts of "DoS"):

Bureau of Diplomatic Security; DS (the bureau in the State Department that is responsible for the security of diplomats and embassies overseas)

Foreign Service (the part of the State Department that supplies diplomats for the United States embassies and consulates around the world)

Bureau of Intelligence and Research; INR (an agency that is the primary source in the State Department for interpretive analyses of global developments and focal point for policy issues and activities of the Intelligence Community)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "DoS"):

Foggy Bottom (United States Department of State, which is housed in a building in a low-lying area of Washington near the Potomac River)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An operating system that is on a disk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

disk operating system; DOS

Hypernyms ("DOS" is a kind of...):

operating system; OS ((computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services)

Instance hyponyms:

Microsoft disk operating system; MS-DOS (an operating system developed by Bill Gates for personal computers)

 Context examples 

A type of treatment that uses special products to give small, steady doses of nicotine to help stop cravings and relieve symptoms that occur when a person is trying to quit smoking.

(Nicotine Replacement, NCI Dictionary)

They are usually used in combinations and at high doses.

(Orthomolecular Medicine, NCI Thesaurus)

“Wolf Larsen, in large doses,” I murmured, “before and after taking.”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

High doses of vitamin E may increase risks of prostate cancer and one type of stroke.

(Antioxidants, NIH: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)

The area under the first moment curve (AUMC) for the defined interval between doses (TAU).

(Area Under the First Moment Curve Over Dosing Interval, NCI Thesaurus)

The area under the curve (AUC) for the defined interval between doses (TAU).

(Area Under the Curve Over Dosing Interval, NCI Thesaurus)

You should never take OTC medicines longer or in higher doses than the label recommends.

(Over-the-Counter Medicines, Food and Drug Administration)

It directly inhibits proteolytic activity of plasmin, but higher doses are required than are needed to reduce plasmin formation.

(Aminocaproic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

It is also used to reverse the toxicity of high doses of acetaminophen.

(Acetylcysteine, NCI Dictionary)

Acetone is toxic in high doses.

(Acetone, NCI Thesaurus)