Get·ty (gět'ē) American business executive who amassed a multibillion-dollar fortune and established a museum in Malibu, California (1953), to publicly display his vast art collection. A new museum, the Getty Center, opened in Los Angeles in 1997.
gettyoperating system A Unix program which sets terminal type, modes, speed and line discipline for a serial port, and is used in the login process. (1996-12-08)