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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

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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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Official website
www.cebit.de
Image
CeBIT 2000 exhibition hall.jpg
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start time
1970-00-00
Commons category
CeBIT
Commons gallery
CEBIT
hashtag
cebit
inception
1970-00-00
attendance
120000
end time
2018-00-00
social media followers
2834
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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".

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