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GECOS or gecos may stand for:

General Electric Comprehensive Operating Supervisor (GECOS), which was later renamed to General Comprehensive Operating System
General Comprehensive Operating System
General Comprehensive Operating System is a family of operating systems oriented toward mainframe computers.The original version of GCOS was developed by General Electric from 1962; originally called GECOS...

(GCOS)
gecos field
Gecos field
The gecos field, or GECOS field is an entry in the /etc/passwd file on Unix, and similar operating systems.It is typically used to record general information about the account or its user such as their real name and phone number.-Format:...

, an entry in the /etc/passwd file containing personal data about the user on Unix operating systems

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