Difference between DOS and Windows
DOS and Windows both are operating systems. DOS is a single tasking, single user and is CLI based OS whereas Windows is a multitasking, multiuser and GUI based OS.
Following are the important differences between DOS and Windows.
| Sr. No. | Key | DOS | Windows |
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| 1 | Definition | DOS stands for Disk Operating System. | Windows stands for Windows, no specific form. |
| 2 | Tasking Nature | DOS is single tasking OS. | Windows is multi-tasking OS. |
| 3 | Power Consumption | DOS consumes quite low power. | Windows consumes high power. |
| 4 | Memory consumption | DOS memory requirements are quite low. | Windows memory requirements are quite high as compared to DOS. |
| 5 | Networking support | DOS has no support for networking. | Windows supports networking. |
| 6 | Usage | DOS is complex in usage. You need to remember commands to use DOS properly. | Windows usages is user-friendly and is quite simple to use. |
| 7 | User interface | DOS is command line based OS. | Windows is GUI based OS |
| 8 | Multimedia | Multimedia is not supported in DOS. | Windows supports multimedia likes games, videos, audios etc. |
| 9 | Speed | DOS command execution is faster than Windows. | Windows operations are slower as compared to DOS. |
| 10 | Multiwindow | DOS supports single window at a time. | Windows supports multiple window at a time. |
Published on 27-Nov-2019 11:36:31
