General Electric

leading American manufacturer of electrical appliances and electronic instruments

The General Electric Company, or GE ( NYSE: GE) is a multinational American technology and services conglomerate incorporated in the State of New York.. In terms of market capitalization, GE is the world's second largest company. In the 1960s, aspects of U.S. tax laws and accounting practices led to a rise in the assembly of conglomerates. GE, which was a conglomerate long before the term was coined, is arguably the most successful organization of this type.
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<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 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).
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