[GTALUG] GECOS

[David Collier-Brown]

On 03/24/2015 02:49 PM, Ansar Mohammed wrote:
> Hello All,
> what's the correct pronunciation of "gecos"?
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Gee-cos
g as in gee whiz
cos as in cosine

It stood for General Electric Comprehensive Operating System, renamed by 
my then employer, Honeywell, to GenEral Comprehensive Operating System 
when they bought it.

--dave



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