GE ==>
General Electric
<company> (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)
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