Editing COMDEX (section)

{{Short description|Computer trade show, 1979 to 2003}}
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| name         = COMDEX
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| logo         = [[File:COMDEX logo.svg|250px|class=skin-invert-image]]
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| image        = COMDEX Spring 1998 - S006i008.jpg
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| caption      = Entrance to COMDEX/Spring '98 at the [[McCormick Place]] in [[Chicago]] 
| status       = Defunct
| genre        = [[Computer show]]
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| country      = {{ubl|United States (1979–2003)|International (1982–2005)}}
| years_active = 1979–2005
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| last         = {{end date and age|2005|11|20}}
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| attendance   = 225,000 (1996, peak)<ref>{{cite web | last=Staff writer | date=November 19, 1999 | url=https://www.ciol.com/shrinking-comdex-plenty-excitement-left/ | title=Shrinking Comdex has plenty of excitement left | work=CIOL | publisher=Cyber Media }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=McGlincy | first=Bob | date=January 19, 2021 | url=https://exhibitcitynews.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-comdex-1979-2006/ | title=The Rise and Fall of COMDEX 1979–2006 | work=Exhibit City News }}</ref>
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| organized    = {{ubl|The Interface Group (1979–1995)|[[SoftBank Group|Softbank Corp]] (1995–2001)|Key3Media (2001–2003)}}
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| website      = [https://web.archive.org/web/19981206042833/http://www.comdex.com/ comdex.com] (archived from the original on December 6, 1998)
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'''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 from 1979 to 2003.  It was one of the largest computer [[trade show]]s in the world, usually second only to the German [[CeBIT]], and one of the largest trade shows in any industry sector. COMDEX exhibitions were held in many other countries from 1982 to 2005, with 185 shows altogether. The first COMDEX was held in 1979 at the [[MGM Grand Hotel and Casino|MGM Grand]] (now Horseshoe), with 167 exhibitors and 3,904 attendees. In 1981, the first '''COMDEX/Spring''' was held in New York City.