Editing IBM PC DOS (section)

{{Short description|Computer operating system}}
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{{Infobox OS
| name = IBM PC DOS
| logo = IBM PC DOS 7.0 logo.svg
| logo_size = 96px
| screenshot = PC DOS 1.10 screenshot.png
| caption = Version 1.10 (1982) command line
| developer = [[Microsoft]]<br>[[IBM]]
| family = [[DOS]]
| source_model = [[Closed source]]
| released = {{Start date and age|1981|08|df=yes}} 
| latest_release_version = [[#PC DOS 2000|PC DOS 2000]]
| latest_release_date = {{Start date and age|1998|04|df=yes}} 
| latest preview version = [[#PC DOS 7.10|PC DOS 7.1]] 
| latest preview date = {{Start date and age|2003|df=yes}} 
| kernel_type = [[Monolithic kernel]]
| ui = [[Command-line interface]] ([[COMMAND.COM]])
| programmed_in = [[Assembly language]], [[C (programming language)|C]]
| supported_platforms = [[x86]]
| license = [[Commercial software|Commercial]] [[proprietary software]]
| language=English (US), English (UK), Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish<!-- based on PC DOS 7.0, was available for these locales specifically, but not sure if messages translated into all of these languages -->
| working_state = No longer supported
| website =
}}

'''IBM PC DOS''' (an [[acronym]] for '''IBM Personal Computer Disk Operating System'''),<ref name=ver group=nb>Formally known as "The IBM Personal Computer DOS" from versions 1.0 through 3.30, as reported in those versions' respective [[COMMAND.COM]] outputs</ref> also known as '''PC DOS''' or '''IBM DOS''', is a discontinued [[disk operating system]] for the [[IBM Personal Computer]], its successors, and [[IBM PC compatible]]s. It was sold by [[IBM]] from the early 1980s into the 2000s. Developed by [[Microsoft]], it was also sold by that company to the open market as [[MS-DOS]]. Both operating systems were identical or almost identical until 1993, when IBM began selling PC DOS 6.1 with its own new features. The collective shorthand for PC DOS and MS-DOS was [[DOS]], which is also the generic term for disk operating system, and is shared with dozens of [[List of disk operating systems called DOS|disk operating systems called DOS]].