<s>
In	O
computing	O
,	O
fc	O
(	O
File	B-Device
Compare	I-Device
)	O
is	O
a	O
command-line	B-Application
program	I-Application
in	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
IBM	B-Application
OS/2	I-Application
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
operating	I-Application
systems	I-Application
,	O
that	O
compares	O
multiple	O
files	B-Operating_System
and	O
outputs	O
the	O
differences	O
between	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Unix	B-Application
commands	O
comm	B-Application
,	O
cmp	B-Application
and	O
diff	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
fc	O
command	B-Application
has	O
been	O
included	O
in	O
Microsoft	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
since	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
2.11	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
on	O
the	O
1984/85	O
DEC	B-Device
Rainbow	I-Device
release	O
)	O
and	O
is	O
included	O
in	O
all	O
versions	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
fc	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
included	O
in	O
IBM	B-Application
OS/2	I-Application
Version	O
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DR	B-Application
DOS	I-Application
6.0	O
includes	O
an	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
command	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
command	B-Application
is	O
also	O
available	O
in	O
FreeDOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
fc	O
can	O
compare	O
text	B-General_Concept
files	I-General_Concept
as	O
well	O
as	O
binary	O
files	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
versions	O
can	O
compare	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
or	O
Unicode	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
