Running the pause command in DOS requests the user "Press any key to continue." After the user presses a key (such as space), pause will quit and return to the DOS prompt. Usually pause is used within batch files, but in this example it has simply been run by the user.color a

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DescriptionDOS pause.png	The pause command in the command prompt of Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000] (Vista).
Date	25 December 2007
Source	Own work
Author	Pengo
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