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 GE265 which supported the DartmouthTime-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)