Zach Hill

DOS is a Microsoft Disk operating system
Booting is the first program to be executed when the computer is switched on
DOS is text based.To communicate with DOS, the screen has a prompt where you enter a command.Case insensitive means that it doesn't matter whether it is in caps or lowercase.
An example would be DeLeTe
4 useful things to learn about DOS.
SET PATH=directory path force DOS to look in these directories
? in a file name stands for any digit letter
* in a file name means a wildcard which extension text in a directory
. in a directory path stands for the current directory
7 very useful DOS commands. Explain each.
A:floppy disk Drive
C:the hard disk drive
DIR directory
MD make a new directory
CD change current directry
COPY copy files from one place to another
DEL delete
DOS organizes disks by all programs and data files are named, and grouped together in named directories
Three requirements that must be met for a file to be named include 1-8 letter name, period, 3 letter extension
An example: ZACH.gif
In DOS directories named by same format as filenames drive letter is followed by a colon and seperated by backwords slashes
An example would be "A:/pictures/holiday /france"