TOS
from
Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)
TOS
vt.
[from the acronym for `Terms Of Service' playing on the verb "toss"]
1. The act of terminating an Internet access account because the owner
breached the terms of service (e.g. by spamming).
2. To successfully complain to the ISP for that reason so that they
then close the account.
from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
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.
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