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tos
Vigesimo-quarto \Vi*ges"i*mo-quar"to\, n.; pl. -tos. A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into twenty-four leaves; hence, indicating more or less definitely a size of book so made; -- usually written 24mo, or 24[deg].
| Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
tos
Anito \A*ni"to\, n.; pl. -tos. [Sp.] In Guam and the Philippines, an idol, fetich, or spirit.
| Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
tos
<operating system> /toss/
1.
IBM's
Tape Operating System.
2. The
operating system of the
Atari ST range of
computers. This range included the 512ST, 1040ST and the F,
FM and E variations (e.g.1040STE). Later, 32-bit machines
(TT, Falcon030 and MegaSTE) were developed using a new version
of TOS, called
MultiTOS which was based on
MinT.
TOS went through several revisions starting initially as a
derivative of
CP/M, but developing into a remarkably
complete and flexible operating system. Features include: a
flat memory model,
MS-DOS-compatible disk format and
support for
MIDI and
SCSI (in later versions). TOS was
designed to run Atari's version of the
GEM
GUI.
There is some argument as to what TOS stands for, the main
candidates being "Tramiel Operating System" (named after
Atari's head at the time) or simply "The Operating System".
3. <networking>
Terms Of Service.
4. Star Trek The Original Series as opposed to ST-TNG or
ST-DS9.
TOS: in Acronym Finder: the "go" button will take you to Amazon.com and display a list of literary works on each acronym.
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| TOS | Tactical Oceanographic Summary |
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| TOS | Tactical Operations Squadron (USAF) |
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| TOS | Tactical Operations System |
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| TOS | Tactical Operator Station |
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| TOS | Tales of Suspense (comic) |
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| ToS | Tales of Symphonia (video game) |
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| TOS | Tape Operating System |
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| TOS | Teacher Over Shoulder |
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| TOS | Temple of Set |
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| TOS | Temporarily Out of Stock |
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| TOS | Tender of Service |
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| TOS | Tennessee Orthopaedic Society |
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| TOS | Term(s) Of Service |
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| TOS | Terminal Oriented Software |
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| TOS | Terminal Oriented System |
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| TOS | Testing Operations System |
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| TOS | The Oceanography Society |
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| TOS | The Operating System |
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| TOS | The Original Series (Star Trek) |
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| TOS | The Other Side |
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| TOS | Thoracic Outlet Syndrome |
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| TOS | Time of Sale |
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| TOS | Time Of Search |
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| TOS | Time On Station |
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| TOS | TIOS (Television Infrared Orbital Satellite) Operational System |
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| TOS | Tip of the Spear |
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| TOS | Tone Operated Squelch (two-way radio) |
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| TOS | Top of Shelf |
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| TOS | Top Of Slab (concrete) |
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| TOS | Top of Steel |
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| TOS | Top of the Stack |
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| TOS | Total Outstanding Shares (Canada) |
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| TOS | Track on Search |
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| TOS | Traffic Operations System |
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| TOS | Training Objective Statement |
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| TOS | Tramiel Operating System (Atari ST/TT operating system) |
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| TOS | Transfer Orbit Stage |
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| TOS | Transition Operational State |
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| TOS | Transmission Optimization System |
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| TOS | Transparent Optical Switch |
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| TOS | Tromso, Norway - Tromso/Langes (Airport Code) |
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| TOS | Trucial Oman Scouts (Unite Arab Emirates) |
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| TOS | Trusted Operating System |
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| TOS | Turbine Overspeed (aero engines) |
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| TOS | Type Of Service |
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| TOS | Type Of Shipment |
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