| Early PC platform |
Premier Sunday |
16 Nov 2025 |
| Early PC platform |
LA Times Daily |
15 Aug 2025 |
| Old PC system: Abbr. |
Commuter |
01 Aug 2025 |
| What Windows 1.0 ran on |
Newsday |
06 Jun 2025 |
| PC platform of the 1980s |
New York Times |
27 Apr 2025 |
| Windows precursor |
LA Times Daily |
30 Mar 2025 |
| Old PC platform (hyph.) |
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| 1980s PC standard |
New York Times |
08 Mar 2025 |
| Windows forerunner |
Newsday |
07 Mar 2025 |
| Pre-Windows program |
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| Early PC software |
LA Times Mini |
07 Jan 2025 |
| Windows precursor |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Dec 2024 |
| UNIX alternative |
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| PC platform of old (hyph.) |
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| Early PC software (hyph.) |
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| PC command-prompt interface |
Newsday |
07 Nov 2024 |
| Early PC software |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Nov 2024 |
| Predecessor of Windows |
Newsday |
30 Oct 2024 |
| Windows predecessor: 2 wds. |
Commuter |
19 Aug 2024 |
| Precursor to Windows |
Universal |
16 Aug 2024 |
| Old PC platform |
LA Times Daily |
29 Jul 2024 |
| Windows predecessor |
Universal |
23 Jul 2024 |
| Early PC platform |
New York Times |
22 Jul 2024 |
| Windows predecessor |
LA Times Daily |
11 Jun 2024 |
| What the first PCs came with |
Newsday |
20 Apr 2024 |
| Precursor to Windows |
Universal |
19 Mar 2024 |
| 1980s PC standard |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Mar 2024 |
| Basic PC environment |
Universal |
09 Nov 2023 |
| Early PC software |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Oct 2023 |
| Precursor to Windows |
New York Times |
01 Oct 2023 |
| Pioneering PC platform |
Universal |
25 Sep 2023 |
| Windows forerunner |
New York Times |
10 Jul 2023 |
| Early PC software |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Mar 2023 |
| Old PC platform |
LA Times Daily |
01 Feb 2023 |
| Old PC platform |
Universal |
31 Jan 2023 |
| Early computer acronym |
New York Times |
04 Sep 2022 |
| Windows precursor |
Universal |
31 Aug 2022 |
| Early PC platform |
LA Times Daily |
02 Aug 2022 |
| Windows precursor |
Universal |
14 Apr 2022 |
| Windows predecessor |
The Washington Post |
04 Apr 2022 |
| Windows predecessor |
LA Times Daily |
04 Apr 2022 |
| Old PC platform |
LA Times Daily |
26 Dec 2021 |
| Platform for PC games played on an emulator nowadays |
The Washington Post Sunday |
28 Nov 2021 |
| Original platform for Doom |
The Washington Post |
18 Sep 2021 |
| Original platform for Doom |
LA Times Daily |
18 Sep 2021 |
| Windows antecedent |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Sep 2021 |
| What early PCs ran on |
Newsday |
06 Aug 2021 |
| Precursor to Windows |
Universal |
05 Aug 2021 |
| PC platform released in 1981 |
Universal |
17 Jul 2021 |
| Windows forerunner |
Newsday |
17 Jun 2021 |
| PC platform popular in the '80s |
New York Times |
23 May 2021 |
| It worked with a prompt |
New York Times |
10 Apr 2021 |
| Windows forerunner |
New York Times |
14 Mar 2021 |
| Microsoft Windows preceder: Abbr. |
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| Old PC platform |
Premier Sunday |
22 Nov 2020 |
| Computer system, tidy, in documents (unkeyed?) |
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| Windows forerunner |
Universal |
29 Jul 2020 |
| Windows ancestor |
Universal |
18 Jul 2020 |
| Early PC software |
New York Times |
04 Jun 2020 |
| Windows forerunner |
The Washington Post |
30 May 2020 |
| Windows forerunner |
LA Times Daily |
30 May 2020 |
| Precursor of Windows |
Thomas Joseph |
16 May 2020 |
| Windows' forerunner: Hyph. |
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| Precursor of Windows: Hyph. |
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| For |
New York Times |
02 Apr 2020 |
| Windows forerunner: Hyph. |
|
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| Windows precursor |
The Washington Post |
09 Feb 2020 |
| Windows precursor |
LA Times Daily |
09 Feb 2020 |
| Popular PC interface before Windows: Hyph. |
|
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| Early PC platform with a prompt: Abbr. |
|
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| Early success for Bill Gates |
Newsday |
05 Oct 2019 |
| Early PC platform |
The Washington Post |
02 Oct 2019 |
| Early PC platform |
LA Times Daily |
02 Oct 2019 |
| Windows predecessor, for short: Hyph. |
|
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| Windows predecessor |
Newsday |
15 Sep 2019 |
| Windows precursor: Hyph. |
|
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| Pre-Windows PC platform |
USA Today |
11 Jul 2019 |
| Windows predecessor |
The New Yorker |
24 Jun 2019 |
| Obsolete PC operating system |
Jonesin |
28 May 2019 |
| IBM release of 1981 |
Newsday |
04 May 2019 |
| PC platform with command lines |
Jonesin |
23 Apr 2019 |
| Ancestor of Windows |
Universal |
11 Apr 2019 |
| Windows progenitor |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Feb 2019 |
| Windows progenitor |
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| Pre-Windows PC platform |
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| Ancestor of Windows |
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| Early PC platform |
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| Passé PC system |
The Washington Post |
25 Nov 2018 |
| Passé PC system |
LA Times Daily |
25 Nov 2018 |
| Windows predecessor |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Mar 2018 |
| Early PC platform |
New York Times |
27 Feb 2018 |
| Windows predecessor |
LA Times Daily |
03 Feb 2018 |
| Windows predecessor |
The Washington Post |
03 Feb 2018 |
| Passé PC system |
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| Early PC platform |
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| Windows predecessor |
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| Windows forerunner |
|
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| Precursor to Windows |
New York Times |
23 Nov 2017 |
| 'Abort, Retry, Fail?' software |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Aug 2017 |
| Windows precursor |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Aug 2017 |
| Windows precursor |
New York Times |
22 Aug 2017 |
| Old PC system |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Jun 2017 |
| Early PC platform |
Newsday |
02 Jun 2017 |
| Basic PC environment |
Jonesin |
18 Apr 2017 |
| What 1980's PCs ran on |
Newsday |
02 Apr 2017 |
| Windows precursor |
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| Windows forerunner |
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| Precursor to Windows |
|
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| Platform in which you might see the prompt C:> |
New York Times |
03 Aug 2016 |
| Windows forerunner |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
15 Apr 2016 |
| What early PCs ran on |
Newsday |
01 Apr 2016 |
| PC debut of 1981 |
LA Times Daily |
21 Feb 2016 |
| Underpinnings of Windows 1.0 |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Feb 2016 |
| Early PC software |
Newsday |
29 Jan 2016 |
| Windows forerunner |
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| Platform in which you might see the prompt C:\> |
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| Early PC system |
LA Times Daily |
12 Dec 2015 |
| Early PC software |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Nov 2015 |
| It ran on many clones |
New York Times |
03 Oct 2015 |
| What Windows 1.0 was based on |
Newsday |
14 Aug 2015 |
| Precursor of Windows |
New York Times |
29 Jun 2015 |
| PCs once ran on it |
New York Times |
17 May 2015 |
| PCs once ran on it |
|
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| What Windows 1.0 was based on |
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| Windows forerunner |
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| Windows precursor |
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| It ran on many clones |
|
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| Precursor of Windows |
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| Early PC system |
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| Early PC interface |
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| It was run in the 1980s-'90s |
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| Jackson hair styles? |
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| Platform introduced in 1981 |
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| Early PC environment |
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| Old PC platform |
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| Windows predecessor |
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| Windows predecessor |
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| PC platform of old |
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| Windows forerunner |
|
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| IBM PC controller |
|
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| It was opened before Windows |
|
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| Basic PC program |
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| Windows preceder |
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| Windows precursor |
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| PC debut of 1981 |
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| Early PC platform |
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| Key to Microsoft's early success |
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| Early I.B.M. PC standard |
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| Early computer platform |
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| PC debut of 1981 |
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| Windows precursor |
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| Platform unveiled in 1981 |
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| Underpinnings of Windows 1.0 |
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| Windows forerunner |
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| Early PC environment |
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| Environment of many old PCs |
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| Operations were once commonly performed in this |
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| Windows forerunner |
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| Old PC software |
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| Early PC software |
|
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| Old PC software |
|
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| Old PC platform |
|
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| It worked from a prompt |
|
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| Kind of PC command |
|
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| Precursor to Windows |
|
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| Windows predecessor |
|
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| PC platform released in '82 |
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| Old PC software |
|
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| Interface developed for the Intel x86 family of microprocessors |
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| Interface developed for the Intel x86 family of microprocessors |
|
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| Windows forerunner |
|
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| Early PC interface |
|
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| Popular PC interface before Windows |
|
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| Windows precursor |
|
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| PC platform released in 1982 |
|
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| Early PC interface |
|
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| Old PC platform |
|
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| Popular PC interface before Windows |
|
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| Windows forerunner |
|
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| Old PC software |
|
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| Many PCs once ran on it |
|
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| Early PC software |
|
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| Early PC interface |
|
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| PC acronym |
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| PC acronym |
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| Early PC software |
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| Windows predecessor |
|
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| Early PC interface |
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| Platform introduced in 1981 |
|
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| Platform with a FAT file system |
|
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| Computer operating system of old |
|
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| Early PC program |
|
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| Windows forerunner |
|
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| One-time PC platform |
|
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| PC acronym |
|
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| Early operating system developed for PCs |
|
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| Old PC standard |
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| Windows precursor |
|
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| Old PC operating system |
|
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| PC program |
|
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| It was opened before Windows |
|
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| What we opened before we had Windows |
|
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| Old PC platform |
|
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| Forerunner of Windows |
|
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| PC system of the past |
|
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| Predecessor of Windows |
|
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| Windows forerunner |
|
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| Windows superseded it |
|
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| Windows predecessor |
|
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| Some PCs use it |
|
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| PC letters |
|
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| Some PCs use it |
|
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| Early PC interface |
|
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| Forerunner of Windows |
|
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| Early PC environment |
|
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| Obsolescent PC environment |
|
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| Pre-Windows system |
|
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| Early PC environment |
|
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| 1980's PC's ran on it |
|
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| PC software |
|
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| Early PC go-with |
|
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| Windows predecessor |
|
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| It was booted before Windows |
|
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| Old PC installation |
|
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| Windows grew out of it |
|
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| Computer operating system |
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| Windows predecessor |
|
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| PC software of old |
|
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| Precursor to Windows |
|
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| PC operating system |
|
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| Forerunner of Windows |
|
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| Familiar PC acronym |
|
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| Common computer interface |
|
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| PC format |
|
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| Familiar PC acronym |
|
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| Early IBM PC go-with |
|
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| Once-popular platform |
|
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| It helps many machines run |
|
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| Windows underpinning |
|
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| Basic PC program |
|
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| Obsolescent PC environment |
|
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| Software letters |
|
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| What we used before Windows |
|
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| Computer acronym |
|
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| Basic PC environment |
|
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| Computer environment |
|
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| It ran before Windows |
|
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| PC operating system choice |
|
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| A PC may use it |
|
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| Windows predecessor |
|
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| Basis for Windows, originally |
|
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| PC operating system |
|
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| User interface |
|
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| See 31-Down |
|
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| C: prompt forum |
|
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| It ran from a C prompt |
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