General Electric
GE

    (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 GE-265, which supported the Dartmouth
   Time-sharing System (DTSS), and the GE-645 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)