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MS-DOS stands for Microsoft Disk Operating System and is also known as
Microsoft DOS. MS-DOS was the Microsoft-marketed version of the first operating
system (OS) to be widely installed on personal computers (PCs). It was essentially
the same OS that Bill Gates's young company developed for IBM as Personal
Computer - Disk Operating System (PC-DOS).

INTERNAL COMMANDS:-
An internal command is an MS-DOS command that is stored in the
system memory and loaded from the command .com or cmd.exe. The
illustration shows how commands contained within command.com
are part of the command.com file. However, with the external
commands, each command is a separate file.

1.time:-it is used to display and set current system

time.

2.ver:- it prints name and version of of system.

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3.vol:- it is used to display the volume level.

4.date:- it is used to display time and wait for the

user enter a new time.

5.cls:- cls command is used to clear the screen.

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6.DIR:- this command is used to show all files and

directories on your screen.
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7.color:- it is used to change color of the background
and foreground.
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8. copy con:- it is used to create a file with the new
name.

9.type:- this command is used to show the content of

file.

10.ren:- it is used to change the file name.

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