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The Association for Computing Machinery is the world's largest scientific and educational society dedicated to computing, founded as the Eastern Association for Computing Machinery at a meeting at Columbia University in New York on 15 September 1947. It confers the annual A.M. Turing Award, widely considered computing's highest honor, and is headquartered in New York City.

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Founded YearSourced to the subject's own account
1947 1
Founded DateSourced to the subject's own account
1947-09-15 1
FounderSourced to the subject's own account
No single founder; founded as the Eastern Association for Computing Machinery at a meeting at Columbia University 1
SeatSourced to the subject's own account
New York City, United States 1
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1. Association for Computing Machinery (Wikipedia)
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The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is an international learned society for computing founded on September 15, 1947, and headquartered in New York City.
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1. Association for Computing Machinery (Wikipedia)
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The Association for Computing Machinery was founded as the Eastern Association for Computing Machinery at a meeting at Columbia University in New York on September 15, 1947.
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1. Association for Computing Machinery (Wikipedia)
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1601 Broadway, Times Square, New York City.
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