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.

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