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Denial of Service

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Disk Operating System

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Department Of State

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Density Of States

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Disc Operating System

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Democratic Opposition of Serbia

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Dirty Operating System

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Distributed Operating System

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Defunct Operating System

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Disk Operation System

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Dual Operating System

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Denail Of Service

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Disk Operating Systems

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Dance Of Sound

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Days Of Supply

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Dad Over Shoulder

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Degradation Of Service

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Declaration Of Support

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Date Of Surgery

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Death Of Seasons

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Dead Operating System

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Dimensions Of Sound

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1st Reader External command file

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Day Of Supply

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Difficult Operating System

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What does DOS mean?

Department of State, United States Department of State, State Department, State, DoS(noun)
the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies

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  • Fahad Maqsood
    Fahad Maqsood
    Did in hotel line
    LikeReply8 years ago
  • Jim Brydon
    Jim Brydon
    What, no vets here?! DOS is a very common acronym in the service: Date of Service. (Enlistment date.)
    LikeReply 310 years ago

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