Joint Computer Conference
The Fall Joint Computer Conference (FJCC) was an annual conference in the USA begun in 1951.[1] The conference was originally called the "Western Joint Computer Conference" (WJCC) because of its scheduling in the western United States. A counterpart, the "Eastern Joint Computer Conference" (EJCC) was likewise held annually in the eastern US. In 1962 the American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS) took over sponsorship and renamed them "Fall Joint Computer Conference" and "Spring Joint Computer Conference".
In 1973 AFIPS merged the two conferences into a single annual "National Computer Conference" (NCC) which ran until discontinued in 1987.
The conference was the venue for presentations and papers representing "cumulative work in the [computer] field during the last six months."[2]
The 1967 conference in Anaheim, California attracted 15,000 attendees[2]. In 1968 in San Francisco, California Douglas Engelbart presented "The Mother of All Demos" presenting such then-new technologies as the computer mouse, video conferencing, teleconferencing, and hypertext.
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References
- ^ "Five Years Ago, Nov.24, 1971". Computerworld. November 15, 1976. Retrieved Feb 2, 2013.
- ^ a b "Fall Joint Computer Conference Expected to Draw Record Crowds". Computerworld. Dec 11, 1968. Retrieved Feb 2, 2013.
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