Editing PCMCIA (section)

{{about|the industry body|the PCMCIA card format|PC Card}}
{{short description|Computing industry body}}
{{Infobox company
| name=Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
| logo=Personal Computer Memory Card International Association logo.svg
| founded={{start date and age|1989}}
| founder=[[Ian Cullimore|Ian H. S. Cullimore]]
| defunct={{end date and age|2009}}
| fate=Dissolved
| products=[[Technical specifications]] of the [[PC Card]] and [[ExpressCard]]
| type=[[Not-for-profit organization|Non-profit]] industry [[consortium]]
| successor=[[USB Implementers Forum]]
| website={{archive url|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225064415/http://pcmcia.org/|title=pcmcia.org}}
}}
The '''Personal Computer Memory Card International Association''' ('''PCMCIA''') was an industry [[consortium]] of [[List of computer hardware manufacturers|computer hardware manufacturers]] from 1989 to 2009. Starting with the [[PC Card|PCMCIA card]] in 1990 (the name later simplified to ''PC Card''), it created various standards for peripheral interfaces designed for [[laptop]] computers.