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Association for Computing
     
         (ACM, before 1997 - "Association for Computing
        Machinery") The largest and oldest international scientific
        and educational computer society in the industry.  Founded in
        1947, only a year after the unveiling of {ENIAC}, ACM was
        established by mathematicians and electrical engineers to
        advance the science and application of {Information Technology}.
        {John Mauchly}, co-inventor of the ENIAC, was one of ACM's
        founders.
     
        Since its inception ACM has provided its members and the world
        of computer science a forum for the sharing of knowledge on
        developments and achievements necessary to the fruitful
        interchange of ideas.
     
        ACM has 90,000 members - educators, researchers, practitioners,
        managers, and engineers - who drive the Association's major
        programs and services - publications, special interest groups,
        chapters, conferences, awards, and special activities.
     
        The ACM Press publishes journals (notably {CACM}), book
        series, conference proceedings, {CD-ROM}, {hypertext},
        {video}, and specialized publications such as curricula
        recommendations and self-assessment procedures.
     
        {Home (http://info.acm.org/)}.
     
        (1998-02-24)