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Computer trade show, 1979 to 2003
COMDEX (an abbreviation of COMputer Dealers' EXhibition) was a computer expo trade show held in the Las Vegas Valley of Nevada, United States, each November
COMDEX
Smartphone model
prototype device, code named "Sweetspot", on November 16, 1992, at the COMDEX computer and technology trade show in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.
IBM_Simon
Suite of office software
version of the Office suite, announced by Bill Gates on August 1, 1988, at COMDEX, contained Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint, all
Microsoft_Office
Indian commodity exchange in Mumbai
Commissions (IOSCO). iCOMDEX series consists of iCOMDEX Composite, iCOMDEX Base Metals, iCOMDEX Bullion, iCOMDEX Gold, iCOMDEX Copper and iCOMDEX Crude Oil. Subsequently
Multi_Commodity_Exchange
Word processor
and Microsoft Word for Windows would both make their debut at the 1988 COMDEX in Atlanta, Georgia alongside their respective booths. Like the Mac version
Microsoft_Word
Series of gaming video cards
heavily upon the older Voodoo Banshee product. Voodoo3 was announced at COMDEX '98 and arrived on store shelves in early 1999. The Voodoo3 line was the
Voodoo3
American businessman (1933–2021)
fifty companies. In the late 1970s, Adelson and his partners developed the COMDEX trade shows for the computer industry, beginning in 1979. It was one of
Sheldon_Adelson
Operating environment program
new VP of marketing, pushed for the system to be demonstrated at the fall COMDEX show in 1982. Others in the company were worried that the product was not
Visi_On
1985 Microsoft operating system version
Bill Gates saw a demonstration of a similar software suite, Visi On, at COMDEX in 1982. The operating environment was showcased to the public in November
Windows_1.0
Relational database management system
1991 and won over 30 awards the first year, including "best of show" at Comdex.[citation needed] The program was considered the first "end-user relational
Lotus_Approach
1993 Microsoft operating system version
was a re-engineered version of Windows. First publicly demonstrated at Comdex 1991, NT 3.1 was released in 1993 in two editions: Workstation and Advanced
Windows_NT_3.1
American casino and resort company
in personal computers and trade shows, founding the computer trade show COMDEX in 1979. They opened the 1.2 million square foot Sands Expo and Convention
Las_Vegas_Sands
July 2021. Bill Gates (1994-11-14). "Information At Your Fingertips, 1994 Comdex Keynote". Archived from the original on 2007-11-10. Retrieved 2008-01-02
List of Microsoft Windows versions
List_of_Microsoft_Windows_versions
American professional esports player (born 1977)
Thresh (foreground) at a video game competition for a vendor at Comdex in 1997
Dennis_Fong
3D animation software
transition generator (stand-alone) called TransJammer. Byte "Best of Comdex" award at COMDEX. Similar to SGI version 1.3 plus some compositing features of the
Avid_Elastic_Reality
Line of home computers from Atari Corporation
Tramiel product of the past. Atari unexpectedly displayed the ST at Atlanta COMDEX in May. Similarities to the original Macintosh and Tramiel's role in its
Atari_ST
Short-range wireless technology standard
hands-free mobile headset that earned the "Best of show Technology Award" at COMDEX. The first Bluetooth mobile phone was the unreleased prototype Ericsson T36
Bluetooth
Font-rendering technology by Microsoft
flat panel monitors. ClearType was first announced at the November 1998 COMDEX exhibition. The technology was first introduced in software in January 2000
ClearType
Family of CP/M- and DOS-compatible multi-user multi-tasking operating systems
compatibility with PC DOS 1.1 (and MS-DOS 1.1). This was shown publicly at COMDEX in December 1983 and shipped in March 1984 as Concurrent DOS 3.1 (a.k.a
Multiuser_DOS
2000 video game
version of the game was also shown at a US demonstration at Las Vegas for COMDEX in November as well in a presentation done by Phil Harrison of Sony. This
Dark_Cloud
Annual expo of Commodore computers
events reaching 100,000. As with cross-industry trade shows such as CES and COMDEX, World of Commodore expos were widely reported on in computing magazines
World_of_Commodore
Smartphone software platform
based on the 'Pearl' interface from Symbian Ltd. S60 was introduced at COMDEX in November 2001 and first shipped with the Nokia 7650 smartphone; the original
S60_(software_platform)
Eugene 'Gene' Mosher photographed by Barbara Mosher at the Atari Booth, ComDex, Las Vegas, Nevada on 17 November, 1986. Shown in the photograph is ViewTouch®
Timeline of computing 1980–1989
Timeline_of_computing_1980–1989
Operating system released in 1965
Pavilion at COMDEX 1990 Interview with Dick Pick in the Pick Pavilion at COMDEX 1990 Interview with Jonathan Sisk in the Pick Pavilion at COMDEX 1991 Pick
Pick_operating_system
Keyboard layout for Latin-script alphabets
was entirely unofficial but was inadvertently demonstrated at the 1984 Comdex show, in Las Vegas, by an Apple employee whose mission was to demonstrate
Dvorak_keyboard_layout
Simple text editor included with Microsoft Windows
1983 to commercialize the computer mouse in MS-DOS. In May 1983, at the COMDEX computer expo in Atlanta, Microsoft introduced the Multi-Tool Notepad, a
Windows_Notepad
Notebook computer series by IBM
retailers, and stores. IBM would also demonstrate the 365C/CD at the Fall Comdex show in November 1995 against many competitors. They had one of the largest
ThinkPad_365
is a series of personal computers sold by Sanyo. It was unveiled at the COMDEX/Spring '83 in April 1983 and first released to market in March 1984. All
Sanyo_MBC-550_series
Laptop by Apple
manufactured by Sony for Apple Computer and introduced on October 21, 1991, at the COMDEX computer expo in Las Vegas, Nevada. Priced at US$2,500 with external floppy
PowerBook_100
Free and open-source Unix-like operating system
History". FreeBSD Mall. Retrieved 13 May 2026. Johnson, Dwight. "Report from Comdex: Walnut Creek CDROM, FreeBSD and Slackware". Linux Today. Archived from
FreeBSD
Annual computer industry expo in San Francisco, California from 1977 to 1991
acquired by Sheldon Adelson, whose Interface Group also owned and operated COMDEX. Spanning fourteen years, the West Coast Computer Faire hosted a total of
West_Coast_Computer_Faire
Operating system for personal computers
2013. Retrieved January 18, 2014. "Be, Inc. Unveils BeOS Release 4 at COMDEX Fall 98". April 27, 1999. Archived from the original on April 27, 1999.
BeOS
American semiconductor company
proprietary chips on the Enhanced Graphics Adapter. By that November's COMDEX, more than a half dozen companies had introduced EGA-compatible boards based
Chips_and_Technologies
American multinational technology company
Publications. pp. 24–27 – via Google Books. Ferrell, Keith (August 1987). "CES And Comdex: A Tale Of Two Cities". Compute!. p. 14. Retrieved November 10, 2013. Duggan
Dell
Online service provider
rights and put in place the necessary software, the system was announced at Comdex in June 1979. At a launch in New York the following month, Isaac Asimov
The_Source_(online_service)
1980–2014 American multinational software and services company
Clarke. Despite its struggles, Novell Data Systems had a presence at the COMDEX show in Las Vegas in November 1982; a man named Ray Noorda saw it and become
Novell
1987 IBM desktop computer
dozen companies were selling desktops in a tower form factor at that year's Comdex, according to The New York Times. By the mid-1990s, tower computers had
IBM_PS/2_Model_60
1998 parody video game
development, Parroty Interactive had planned to promote the game at the COMDEX computer expo by Fall in 1997. The presentation was to include a Bill Gates
Microshaft_Winblows_98
In North America, Epson introduced it as the Epson HX-20 in 1981, at the COMDEX computer show in Las Vegas, where it drew significant attention for its
List of Japanese inventions and discoveries
List_of_Japanese_inventions_and_discoveries
American financial services and life insurance company
Strong" from Fitch, a "Aa3 Excellent" from Moody's, and a "96 out of 100" Comdex ranking. Western & Southern dates back to the founding of The Western and
Western & Southern Financial Group
Western_&_Southern_Financial_Group
Gaming accessory manufacturer
Businesses". Forbes. Retrieved 26 October 2019. Waga, Phil (18 November 1998). "Comdex showstoppers". The Journal News. Retrieved 20 December 2018. "York firm
Turtle_Beach_Corporation
Input and output device
developer, Gene Mosher, at the Atari Computer demonstration area of the Fall COMDEX expo in 1986. Casio launched the Casio PB-1000 pocket computer with a touchscreen
Touchscreen
Early portable microcomputer
be confused with General Motors) in July 1979, and shown at that year's COMDEX, which Osborne attended. It was designed to be portable, with a rugged ABS
Osborne_1
Mobile computer with integrated display, circuitry, and battery
branding it the "NewsPad"; the project ended in 1997. During the November 2000 COMDEX, Microsoft used the term Tablet PC to describe a prototype handheld device
Tablet_computer
Symphonic, a microcomputer he and his wife Donna created, failed to boot at COMDEX in 1981. Gordon reconsiders Joe's proposal and successfully reconstructs
List of Halt and Catch Fire episodes
List_of_Halt_and_Catch_Fire_episodes
Second model of Apple's Macintosh computer line
Logic Board Kit Pournelle, Jerry (March 1985). "On the Road: Hackercon and COMDEX". BYTE. Vol. 10, no. 3. pp. 313–346. Retrieved March 19, 2016. Wikimedia
Macintosh_512K
1987 laptop computer by Sharp Electronics
PC-4500 line at COMDEX/Spring 1987 in June that year. Only the PC-4501 and PC-4502 were revealed at the time; shortly before COMDEX/Fall 1987 in November
Sharp_PC-4500
1999 Microsoft operating system version
CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) "Windows 2000 to Launch at Comdex, 64-Bit Janus in the Wings". Findarticles.com. August 26, 1999. Archived
Windows_2000
Computer-aided design and drafting software
Michael Riddle. The first version by Autodesk was demonstrated at the 1982 Comdex and released that December. AutoCAD supported CP/M-80 computers. As Autodesk's
AutoCAD
Time and place where a retail transaction is completed
ViewTouch point of sale software was first demonstrated in public at Fall Comdex, 1986, in Las Vegas, Nevada, to large crowds visiting the Atari Computer
Point_of_sale
Operating system
computer operating system produced by The Software Link (TSL), announced at COMDEX in November 1986 for February 1987 release. PC-MOS/386, a successor to PC-MOS
PC-MOS/386
Japanese investment holding company
SoftBank bought COMDEX from The Interface Group on 1 April 1995 for $800 million and ZDI on 29 February 1996. SoftBank sold COMDEX to Key3Media, a spin-off
SoftBank_Group
Computer model
innovative computer made by Hewlett-Packard and introduced in Las Vegas at Comdex fall trade show on November 28,1983. It was based on the Intel 8088 CPU
HP-150
Discontinued brand of Sony cameras
used SuperDisk (LS120). Iomega Zipcam a prototype digital camera shown at Comdex 1999 that used 100 MB Zip disks Agfa ePhoto CL30 Clik! Used Iomega's Clik
Sony_Mavica
WebPad touch screen tablet computer at COMDEX. 1999 The "QBE" pen computer created by Aqcess Technologies wins COMDEX Best of Show. Intel announces a StrongARM-based
History_of_tablet_computers
Part of the automobile controls
house numbers, using a satellite-based navigation system. bitMAP attends Comdex in Las Vegas the same year, but doesn't manage to market itself properly
Automotive_navigation_system
Discontinued intelligent technology standard
Microsoft Research division. SPOT was first announced by Bill Gates at the COMDEX computer exposition event in 2002, and additional details were revealed
Smart Personal Objects Technology
Smart_Personal_Objects_Technology
Computer expo
its Asian counterpart COMPUTEX and its no-longer held American equivalent COMDEX. CeBIT is a German language acronym for Centrum für Büroautomation,
CeBIT
Family of personal computers sold by Commodore
Retrieved April 27, 2026. Only Amiga Makes it Possible - Full video - Comdex 1987 on YouTube Commodore Amiga Commercial (1987) on YouTube COMMERCIAL :
Amiga
Series of computer mice from Microsoft
profile. The IntelliMouse Explorer was introduced on April 19, 1999, at COMDEX. This version featured IntelliEye optical tracking technology, eliminating
IntelliMouse
Singaporean technology company
development of the standalone Sound Blaster sound card, introduced at the 1989 COMDEX show just as the multimedia PC market, fueled by Intel's 386 CPU and Microsoft
Creative_Technology
Fatal system error screen
occurred during a presentation of a Windows 98 beta given by Bill Gates at COMDEX on April 20, 1998: The demo PC crashed with a BSoD when his assistant, Chris
Blue_screen_of_death
American video game industry event (1995–2021)
retailers and journalists. Both of these reasons had previously caused the COMDEX trade show to shut down. Several large vendors told the ESA that they were
E3
Laptop computer released by Epson in 1981
and was introduced by Epson in North America as the HX-20 at the 1981 COMDEX computer show in Las Vegas, where it drew significant attention for its
Epson_HX-20
Convention center in Winchester, Nevada
increased the center to 1.9 million sq ft (180,000 m2). While it functioned, COMDEX was the most attended trade show in the United States, with over 200,000
Las_Vegas_Convention_Center
Hard disk digital audio player
PJB-100 into mass production and introduced it to the public at the Las Vegas COMDEX in November 1999. The first units were sold in a special auction held by
Personal_Jukebox
Personal computer for mobile use
(patented) by Suwa Seikosha's Yukio Yokozawa in July 1980, introduced at the COMDEX computer show in Las Vegas by Japanese company Seiko Epson in 1981, and
Laptop
First fully IBM PC–compatible system
capturing most of the attention at the 1982 COMDEX/Fall at the Las Vegas Convention Center. That year's COMDEX also saw the announcement of PC World, the
MPC_1600
Computers derived from the IBM PC
does." When a BYTE journalist asked to test Peachtext at the Spring 1983 COMDEX, Corona representatives "hemmed and hawed a bit, but they finally led me
IBM_PC_compatible
Discontinued embedded operating system by Microsoft
originally announced by Microsoft at the Computer Dealers' Exhibition (COMDEX) in 1996 and was demonstrated on stage by Bill Gates and John McGill. Microsoft
Windows_CE
Software for several users to edit a file
collaborative spreadsheet, Quickoffice Conference, was demonstrated at COMDEX 2001, developed by Jeff Musa of Cutting Edge Software. The software was
Collaborative real-time editor
Collaborative_real-time_editor
American global computer magazine
(Denmark) is now Computerworld.dk The publication was announced at the COMDEX trade show in November 1982, and first appeared on newsstands in March 1983
PC_World
Events in the history of 16-bit x86 DOS-family disk operating systems
1980, p. 173. Microsoft advertisement, Computerworld, August 25, 1980 COMDEX Spotlights New Software, InfoWorld, December 31, 1980 Software Briefs, InfoWorld
Timeline of DOS operating systems
Timeline_of_DOS_operating_systems
Operating system from IBM
partially functional pre-alpha version of Workplace OS was demonstrated at Comdex, where a bemused Bill Gates stopped by the booth. The second and last time
OS/2
Technique for increasing apparent display resolution
Microsoft announced its subpixel rendering technology, called ClearType, at COMDEX in 1998. Microsoft published a paper in May 2000, Displaced Filtering for
Subpixel_rendering
Image organizer and image viewer (2002–2016)
November 18, 2002 - 15:49 EST). Published on imaging-resource.com under "Comdex Fall 2002 Show". "Google Picasa", Obsessable (obsessable.com), 2009. Squires
Picasa
Pointing device used to control a computer
Hawley mouse cost $415. In 1982, Logitech introduced the P4 Mouse at the Comdex trade show in Las Vegas, its first hardware mouse. That same year Microsoft
Computer_mouse
American period drama television series
convinces the others to proceed with their plan to present at the COMDEX trade show. At COMDEX, the team discover the "Slingshot", a copycat of the Giant, being
Halt and Catch Fire (TV series)
Halt_and_Catch_Fire_(TV_series)
American businessman and television personality
The conference name is a portmanteau of Lockergnome and the now-defunct Comdex technology trade show, a major technology event at that time. The first
Chris_Pirillo
All-in-one IBM PC compatible computer (1987–1990)
California. ZDS announced the product in early June 1987 at the Spring COMDEX in Atlanta, Georgia. It went on sale one month later. ZDS marketed the Eazy
Zenith_Eazy_PC
Defunct image scanner manufacturer
"Hardware At COMDEX: Peripherals Dominate". PC Magazine. 3 (24). Ziff-Davis: 54–56 – via Google Books. Seymour, Jim (November 16, 1984). "Comdex exhibitors
Datacopy
Number of transistors in a device
Retrieved June 19, 2019. Shimpi, Anand Lal (November 21, 1998). "Fall Comdex '98 Coverage". AnandTech. Archived from the original on March 10, 2011.
Transistor_count
1980s American computer
Transputer Workstation. The machine was first introduced at the November 1987 COMDEX with the name Abaq. Two versions were shown at the time; one was a card
Atari_Transputer_Workstation
Therapeutic robot
public in late 2001, costing US$15 million to develop, and became a "Best of COMDEX" finalist in 2003, and handmade versions have been sold commercially by
Paro_(robot)
Early consumer smartwatch
July 2002. The resulting device was rushed to the COMDEX convention where it won the "best of COMDEX" award for "best mobile device". The original prototype
Fossil_Wrist_PDA
Pre-pressed compact disc containing computer data
announced in 1984 and introduced by Denon and Sony at the first Japanese COMDEX computer show in 1985. The first CD-ROM drive released to the public, the
CD-ROM
Personal computer by Atari
MEGA STE (retail prices starting at $1,799.00)... Z*Net Newswire: Atari at Comdex 1990, Mega STE a Reality, By John Nagy, START VOL. 5 NO. 6 / FEBRUARY/MARCH
Atari_MEGA_STE
American software company
"Interview with Vintela's President". OSNews. Scannell, Ed (November 20, 2002). "Comdex: SuSE, SCO quick to jump on UnitedLinux bandwagon; Ximian also throws its
SCO_Group
American electronics designer
decided by IBM to show the device, code named "Angler", at the November 1992 COMDEX technology trade show in Las Vegas, necessitating a rush to complete the
Frank_J._Canova
American computer hardware company
Archive. Costlow, Terry (October 9, 1995). "Fiber Channel vendors gear up for Comdex assault". Electronic Engineering Times. CMP Publications: 10. ProQuest 208111074
BusLogic
spreadsheet) was working on the Visi On GUI environment (first demonstrated at COMDEX in 1982) and released their version for the IBM PC in 1983. Neither the
History_of_personal_computers
revival was its reentry into the popular mindset. On October 5, 1992, at the COMDEX computer expo, IBM announced the first ThinkPad laptop computer, the 700C
History_of_IBM
Operating system
availability was announced for the European market. Shortly afterwards, at COMDEX Spring 1988, Commodore demonstrated its proprietary windowing system on
Amiga_Unix
American computing company
(October 21, 1991). "OCR Systems unveils packages for DOS, Windows at Comdex". InfoWorld. 13 (42). IDG Publications: 17 – via Google Books. Grunin, Lori
OCR_Systems
Episodes of American television series
Stream 10 "RAM Resident Software" November 18, 1986 (1986-11-18) Stream 11 "Comdex Special (1986)" November 25, 1986 (1986-11-25) Stream 12 "Project Management
List of Computer Chronicles episodes
List_of_Computer_Chronicles_episodes
First commercially available web accelerator
1997 to PeakSoft Multinet Corp.) in 1996 and released in November 1996 at COMDEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. NetJet was named a 'Best in Show' product in the internet
NetJet
Emulator to run x86 code on Alpha processors
Windows NT based machines. A prototype of the system was demonstrated at COMDEX in 1993. FX!32: A Profile-Directed Binary Translator DIGITAL FX!32: Running
FX!32
Database manager part of the Microsoft 365 package
on November 16, 1992, announcing its immediate availability at the fall Comdex trade show, and an Access 1.1 release in May 1993 to improve compatibility
Microsoft_Access
Process of sampling signals from sensors and converting into digital data
logger Data storage device Data science Sensor Signal processing Transducer COMDEX Fall November 18, 1981 Las Vegas, NV, "Tecmar shows 20 IBM PC option card
Data_acquisition
Home computer and electronics manufacturer
"Dealing with Commodore was like dealing with Attila the Hun." At the 1987 Comdex, an informal InfoWorld survey found that none of the developers present
Commodore_International
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Tamil
Prowess
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Hindu
Picture
Male
English
 Variant spelling of English Emmet, EMMETT means "entire, whole." Compare with another form of Emmett.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Telugu
Wife of Agni; The Lord of the Fire
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Mythological, Tamil
King; Shantanu's Father
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Anglo, British, Christian, English
Rock; Stone
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Arabic
Famous; Popular; Distinguished; Exquisite
Boy/Male
Irish
Courteous.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Harinatha | ஹரீநாதா
Maha Vishnu
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