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Encyclopedia > Computing (magazine)
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Computing
Editor Toby Wolpe
Categories Computer magazine
Frequency Weekly
Circulation 20,000+
First Issue
Company VNU
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Website www.computing.co.uk
ISSN unknown

Computing is a weekly newspaper/magazine published by VNU Business Publications for the United Kingdom computer industry. It is largely a controlled circulation publication, mailed without charge to members of the British Computer Society and other accredited workers in the field of computing. A small minority of issues are sold on newsstands, with the bulk of funding for production arising from advertising. ISSN, or International Standard Serial Number, is the unique eight-digit number applied to a periodical publication including electronic serials. ... An Editor is a person who prepares text—typically language, but also images and sounds—for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying it. ... Computer magazines are about computers and related subjects, such as networking and the Internet. ... Most circulated periodical magazines in the U.S. as of 2003. ... VNU (Verenigde Nederlandse Uitgeversbedrijven), which translates into English as United Dutch Publishing Companies) is a Dutch media conglomerate. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... ISSN, or International Standard Serial Number, is the unique eight-digit number applied to a periodical publication including electronic serials. ... VNU (Verenigde Nederlandse Uitgeversbedrijven), which translates into English as United Dutch Publishing Companies) is a Dutch media conglomerate. ... The British Computer Society (BCS) is a professional/academic association within the UK consisting of IT practitioners. ... Originally, the word computing was synonymous with counting and calculating, and a science that deals with the original sense of computing mathematical calculations. ... Advertising, generally speaking, is the promotion of goods, services, companies and ideas, usually performed by an identified sponsor. ...


Computing's readership is audited by BPA Worldwide, which verified its circulation as 115,579 in the period January to June 2005.


The current Editor-in-Chief is Toby Wolpe, son of typeface designer Berthold Wolpe. The Editor in chief is a publications primary editor. ... A Specimen of typeset fonts and languages, by William Caslon, letter founder; from the 1728 Cyclopaedia. ... Berthold Wolpe (* October 29, 1905 in Offenbach, † July 5, 1989 in London) was a German type designer and teacher. ...


With Computer Weekly and IT Week, Computing is the mainstay of the UK computer industry trade press. Historically, Computing was aimed at business-focused readers, with Computer Weekly catering for readers seeking more technical coverage. This distinction blurred and dissolved in the late 1980s, with IT Week filling the gap left in technology-focused business coverage from 1998. (Actually titled ComputerWeekly on the magazine). ...


External links

  • computing.co.uk
  • Audited circulation statement (PDF)

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