DOS is a general acronym for "Disk Operating System", though it came to refer to the operating system used in the IBM PC, particularly Microsoft's MS-DOS.
EDIT is a key built-in applet that you can use to edit your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files, which makes it a key addition to your Emergency Boot Disk.
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