dos

IPA: dˈɔs

Root Word: DoS

(computing, Internet) A denial-of-service attack.
(teaching) Director of Studies; someone in charge of the academic side of a school including training teachers and deciding course materials.
(computing, historical) Acronym of Disk Operating System, a family of disk-based operating systems.
(US politics) Initialism of Department of State.
(military) Initialism of date of service.
(military) Initialism of date of separation.
(computing, Internet) Initialism of denial of service. [(Internet) A denial-of-service attack.]
(sciences) Initialism of density of states.
(education) Initialism of director of studies.

Examples of "dos" in Sentences

On July 4th 2008, kristin dos santos pregnant wrote:
Investigation numero dos is mathmatical: the transitive theory.
Also I strongly disagree that dos is the suxor compared to any unix shell …
I constantly find myself trying to tab in dos to avoid typing out long file names.
Most weekends PT Towers will be rented to stag dos this blogging business isn't very lucrative.
Phil Singer apologizes.] [Q from someone in Michigan, asking if the tussle over "re-dos" is a form of grandstanding, notes that there is "little to no chance of MI going Republican in 2008.
Now Kristin dos Santos is reporting that Kring may be aiming to repeat the golden days of that first season by bringing back Bryan Fuller, an acclaimed television writer who has made a habit of creating cult shows.
The widget integrates with iCal and Mail for managing your events, notes, and to-dos, which is great, but the biggest disappointment is that it only comes in Dashboard widget form as opposed to iStat menus, which is either a widget or menu bar app.
This gift he terms dos, but contrasts it with the dos of the Roman law, which was a gift on the part of the wife to the husband, while in Germany the gift was made by the husband to the wife (Larousse, Grand dictionnaire universel, Paris, 1870, s.v. Douaire).