MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System) is a command-driven, text-based, single-tasking operating system that uses a command-line interface (CLI) for user interaction, rather than a graphical user interface (GUI). It was primarily designed for IBM PC compatible computers and served as the main operating system for personal computers in the 1980s and early 1990s, before the widespread adoption of graphical operating systems like Microsoft Windows.
What type of operating system MS-DOS is?
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