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XCOPY command A faster external DOS COPY program that can copy subdirectories (for example, XCOPY *.* A:/S will copy all files from the current directory, including subdirectories and their files, to drive A).

XMA (extended memory specification) Interface that lets DOS programs cooperatively use extended memory in 80286 and higher computers. One such driver is Microsoft's HIMEM.SYS, which manages extended memory and HMA (high memory area), a 64K block just above 1MB.