DOS is command line while windows is graphical user interface
DOS handles file names up to 8 characters while windows allows long file names up to 255 characters
DOS is single user while windows is multi user
DOS allows single tasking while windows allows multi tasking
DOS is not user friendly while windows is user friendly
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