Ny> (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)