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Name

Class 

Period

Date

 

 

DOS

 

  1. What is a computer according to this article?

 

  1. What are the basic functions of an operating system?

 

  1. What is the purpose of the environment provided by DOS?

 

  1. Why is it easy to become disoriented in DOS?

 

  1. What is a command prompt? Tell me what each character represents or symbolizes.

 

  1. Explain the DOS command    C:\Demo\dos&win\samples\sample

 

  1.  What will the command C:\dir do?

 

  1. Explain dir/more

 

  1. Explain dir/p

 

  1. Explain dir/w

 

  1. Explain dir\a

 

  1. Explain C:\>copy practice.txt a:

 

  1. What does the \ represent?

 

  1. What is the maximum length for DOS filenames?

 

  1. Create a file called practice.txt which contains your name and the name of your homeroom teacher as well as your telephone number.

 

  1. Make a directory named class and make a directory inside of class named samples.

 

  1. Now place the text file that you made in the directory Samples.

 

  1. Copy that file to the samples directory in DOSClass directory

 

  1. Explain how to copy the file to the same directory.

 

  1. Now copy your file to your floppy disk .

 

  1. Copy /save this test to your floppy disk to me as well and hand it in.

 

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