dos

alternative do's

1. pluralplural of do

   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."

   1916, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter VIII, in Just David

alternative do's

1. pluralentertainmentplural of do

   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.

   2020, Jennifer Snodgrass, Teaching Music Theory, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 212

plural DOSes

1. abbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of date of service.
2. abbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of date of separation.
3. InternetabbreviationinitialismcomputingInitialism of denial of service.
4. abbreviationinitialismsciencesInitialism of density of states.
5. abbreviationinitialismeducationInitialism of director of studies.
6. abbreviationinitialismcomputingInitialism of disk operating system
7. abbreviationinitialismemergency servicesInitialism of death on scene.

1. abbreviationacronymhistoricalcomputingAcronym of Disk Operating System, a family of disk-based operating systems.

   Next, using your word processor or the DOS text editor, you can edit your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

   1993, Kris A. Jamsa, DOS: The Complete Reference, McGraw–Hill Osborne Media

   1 more example

   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.

   1993, Doug Lowe, The Only DOS Book You'll Ever Need, Mike Murach & Associates Incorporated, →ISBN, page 95

2. USabbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of Department of State.

   Synonyms: Foggy Bottom

plural DoSs · plural DoSes · alternative DOS

1. InternetcomputingA denial-of-service attack.

present singular third person DoSes · participle present DoSing · participle past DoSed · past DoSed · alternative DOS

1. InternettransitivecomputingTo commit a denial-of-service attack against.

   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.

   2003, Jack Koziol, Intrusion Detection with Snort, Indianapolis, IN: Sams Publishing, →ISBN, page 15

1. educationA Director of Studies; someone who oversees the scholarly aspects of an institution, including faculty development and curriculum design.