i want to know,what the diffrent between windows,ms-dos and unix?
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there is no 'the' difference.\n\nthey are so dis-similar, one could spend a number of years cateloggin their differences.....\n\nI want a million dollars !      it's good to want.\n\nwe both have a similar chance of getting what we want, via this forum.\n\nluck !\n\n\ndude...those links will just be defining them, not listing their differences....\n\nOMG...Greeney that's wrong.\n\nDOS was around LONG before there was windows.  IT DOES NOT need windows to operate. It CAN run under windows, BUT windows 1,2, and 3 needed DOS under THEM to run.\nLOL
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YABASIC (Yet Another BASIC).  They have versions for both Windows and UNIX environments.
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I couldn't find a way to compare them all across one page, so here are comparisons on a 1v1 basis. You'll have to sort them out.\n\nNote: Some of these articles are old and therefore outdated but still remain useful.\n\nWindows vs Linux\nhttp://www.michaelhorowitz.com/Linux.vs.Windows.html\n\nWindows vs Mac\nhttp://compreviews.about.com/od/general/ss/MacXP.htm\n\nWindows vs Unix\nhttp://aplawrence.com/Opinion/unix-windows-linux.html\n\nMac vs Linux\nhttp://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/mac/news/macosx_0301.html\n\nMac vs Unix\n(unable to find a comparison review)
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1.  Unix has NO virus definitions. \n       Microsoft has the "114,000 Microsoft Virus Definitions".\n\n2.  Unix was released in 1969, and Berkeley UC released the   \n       Berkeley Software Distribution in 1984.  Microsoft was a \n        kluged POS, that was released too early, by an overly \n         enthusiastic Bill Gates, in 1987.  With his recent \n          resignation, it would seem his thrill is gone.\n\n3.  There are 500+ Unix clones.  Imitation is the most sincere \n       form of flattery! http://pclinuxos.com or \n         http://distrowatch.com  and http://livecdlist.com \n           for FREEdom of choice!
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Windows is an operating system for computers.  It's what allows programs to run on a computer.  Usually, Windows only runs on PC's, but Macintosh just came out with a computer on which Windows can be run (Before, they had a different type of operating system, I believe called MAC OS).  For more info, I'd check out www.microsoft.com
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There are two types of commands in computer - which are used in DOS.\n\nThey are\n* Internal Commands\n* External Commands\n\nInternal Commands are present in the computer itself. They are stored in command.com and whenever you open the dos prompt, you can use these commands. Examples of Internal commands are DIR, MD, CD, etc.\n\nExternal Commands are commands which can be used in DOS but are not present in command.com since their size are larger and they are not frequently used. Whenever they are required, they could be loaded from an outside source like floppy and can be used. Examples are SORT, FDISK, etc.\n\n**********\nVasu M\n**********
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dos is single user\nunix multiusers\n\ndos easy\nunix difficult\n\ndos everybody uses\nunix few use\n\nunix not good for application s/w\ndos good for application s/w\n\nunix at &t\ndos microsoft\n\nnow everybody uses winodws instead of dos\n\nunix -  very difficult commands\ndos -  easy commands\n\nwindows can be loaded on dos\nno windows on unix\n\nwindows gui\nunix no gui\n\nunix very costly\ndos cheap compared to unix
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If your on Windows 95 or 98, nope its part of your PC. But when Windows Me, 2000 and XP came out MSDOS was scratched but still there. So you really cant get away from MSDOS. Infact if you look at Linux OS, you see its DOS core alot better than that of a Windows OS. Windows XP still has it DOS roots. Windows just makes it pretty for the users to look at. Linux is a bit more indepth.\n/ \n  /root\n  /dev\n  /usr\n  /etc\n  /home\n  /lib\n  /var\nand so on.
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all above answer are true\nBUT - MS Windows is still based on DOS - (though it uses only Basic Functions of DOS for running Windows)\nand its definitely and totally different from the operating system used by the Mac
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Linux / Variants\nMacOS\nMS-DOS\nIBM OS/2 Warp\nUNIX / Variants\nWindows CE\nWindows 3.x\nWindows 95\nWindows 98\nWindows 98 SE\nWindows ME \nWindows NT\nWindows 2000\nWindows XP
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Visit http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/evaluation/compare.mspx\nand you will get your answer.
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If you're asking what does the term operating system mean. \n\nSomeone is asking, what are you using to operate (or run) your system. \n\nIt could be DOS, WINDOWS, LINUX, MAC, \n\nMost, but not all, have a Windows Operating System.  Then they may ask what version of windows.  That is windows 95, windows 98, 2000, ME, XP.\n\nIf this is not what you mean, please give more detail.
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Unix is a group of interrelated operating systems. It is not a programming language. Programming for the unix operating system can be done in a number of languages. The AT&T engineers who wrote the first iteration of UNIX programmed in C. The history of Unix and enough information to tell you just about anything you would like to know about generic UNIX and its major variants is here. http://www.osdata.com/kind/unix.htm\n\nUNIX is widely used by System operating systems because it is very powerful, very stable, and responds well to batch and script instructions.
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Unix is a highly configurable, multi-tasking, multi user operating system created by Bell Laboratories.  It is also very stable and network friendly.  It is easily modified to accomodate most needs and can be the platform for many business, engineering, professional and communications applications.  I hope this helps.  Below are a couple of sites that have more information.
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lot more. unix is shall based and dos is a simple command based
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Linux, OSX, DOS, OS2, Unix, SUN
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Linux is vastly superior to a DOS batch file.  A batch file is simply a list of DOS commands to peform with very limited decision making or input capabilities.  To make a batch file do anything even remotely interesting you need to write (or find) small executable files.\n\nTo be fair, linux shell scripts should be compared to the Windows Scripting Host system, which is vastly superior to batch files and, arguably, to Unix shell scripts.