| Subject | English | German |
| comp. | MS DOS Microsoft Disk Operating System prompt | MS-DOS-Eingabeaufforderung |
| comp., MS | MS-DOS-based program | Programm für MS-DOS (A program that is designed to run with MS-DOS and therefore may not be able to take full advantage of all Windows features) |
| comp., MS | MS-DOS icon | MS-DOS-Symbol (The icon at the left end of the title bar. Clicking this icon displays the System menu for the MS-DOS window) |
| comp., MS | MS-DOS operating system | MS-DOS-Betriebssystem (A Microsoft computer operating system with a command-line interface that is used to control many internal computer functions, such as running programs and organizing and maintaining files) |
| comp., MS | MS-DOS prompt | MS-DOS-Eingabeaufforderung (The visual indication from the MS-DOS command processor that the operating system is ready to accept a new command. The default DOS prompt is a path followed by a greater-than sign (for example, C:>); the user can also design a custom prompt with the PROMPT command) |