General Electric
     
         (GE) A US company that manufactured computers from
        1956 until 1970, when it sold its computer division to
        Honeywell and left the computer business.  Notable GE
        computers were the GE265 which supported the Dartmouth
        Time-sharing System (DTSS), and the GE645 used for
        Multics development.
     
        See also GCOS.
     
        Not to be confused with the General Electric Company (GEC) in
        the UK (where FOLDOC's first seeds were sown).
     
        (2002-02-27)