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CONCLUSIONS

Conclusion 

The TIME, DATE, and VER commands are easy to use and understand. These are typical of most DOS commands. The command lines contained in the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files, though more complex, are commonly used. More information is provided about the command lines found in the CONFIG.SYS file later in this blog. The effect of the command lines contained in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file are all described in detail, with supporting learning activities.
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