General Electric

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

General Electric
GE

   <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)