(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)
