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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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name
Acronym of Disk Operating System, a family of disk-based operating systems.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, historical
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Initialism of Department of State.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: government, politics
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Synonyms: Foggy Bottom
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Initialism of date of service.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Initialism of date of separation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Initialism of denial of service.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Initialism of density of states.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Initialism of director of studies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: education
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Initialism of disk operating system
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Initialism of death on scene.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Qualifier: emergency services
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noun
plural of do
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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noun
A denial-of-service attack.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A Director of Studies; someone who oversees the scholarly aspects of an institution, including faculty development and curriculum design.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: education
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To commit a denial-of-service attack against.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, transitive
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an operating system that is on a disk
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: disk operating system
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: operating system, OS
Narrower terms: MS-DOS, Microsoft disk operating system
noun
the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: Department of State, United States Department of State, State Department, State
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: executive department
Narrower terms: Foggy Bottom
History
From denial of service.
Across languages
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
