CeBIT
Sign in to savethumb|A crowded exhibition hall during CeBIT 2000 thumb|IBM stand during CeBIT 2010 thumb|Jimmy Wales 2014 on CeBIT Global Conferences, [[Wikipedia Zero]] thumb|Number of CeBIT visitors 1986–2013 thumb|Logo used until 2017 CeBIT was a computer expo which, at its peak, was the largest and most internationally representative. The trade fair was held each year on the Hanover fairground, the world's largest fairground, in Hanover, Germany. In its day, it was considered a barometer of current trends and a measure of the state of the art in information technology. It was organized by Deutsche Messe
Key facts
- Convention.name
- CEBIT
- Convention.image
- 150px
- Convention.caption
- Logo
- Convention.status
- Defunct
- Convention.genre
- Computer Expo
- Convention.venue
- Hanover fairground
- Convention.location
- Hanover
- Convention.country
- Germany
- Convention.first
- 1970
- Convention.last
- 2018
- Convention.organizer
- Deutsche Messe AG
- Convention.attendance
- 120,000 (2018)
- Convention.frequency
- Annually
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- History{{anchor|1970|1971|1972|1973|1974|1975|1976|1977|1978|1979|1980|1981|1982|1983|1984|1985|1986|1987|1988|1989|1990|1991|1992|1993|1994|1995|1996|1997|1998|1999|2000|2001|2002|2003|2004|2005|2006|2007|2008|2009|2010|2011|2012|2013|2014|2015|2016|2017}}
- Other CeBIT-branded shows{{anchor|CeBIT Home}}
- CeBIT Global Conferences
- Speaker list 2014
- CeBIT Awards
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|A crowded exhibition hall during CeBIT 2000 thumb|IBM stand during CeBIT 2010 thumb|Jimmy Wales 2014 on CeBIT Global Conferences, [[Wikipedia Zero]] thumb|Number of CeBIT visitors 1986–2013 thumb|Logo used until 2017 CeBIT was a computer expo which, at its peak, was the largest and most internationally representative. The trade fair was held each year on the Hanover fairground, the world's largest fairground, in Hanover, Germany. In its day, it was considered a barometer of current trends and a measure of the state of the art in information technology. It was organized by Deutsche Messe AG.
With an exhibition area of roughly and a peak attendance of 850,000 visitors during the dot-com boom, it was larger both in area and attendance than its Asian counterpart COMPUTEX and its no-longer held American equivalent COMDEX. CeBIT is a German language acronym for Centrum für Büroautomation, Informationstechnologie und Telekommunikation, which translates as "Center for Office Automation, Information Technology and Telecommunication".