Question

Kode Vicious and Poul-Henning Kamp regularly write columns for an online magazine published by this organization named “[this organization] Queue”. A group whose name parodies that of this organization, replacing its last word with “Heresy”, runs a satirical computing conference held every April Fool’s Day. Until 2017, this organization ran and gave its name to a large programming contest (15[1])for teams of three collegiate (15[1])students sharing a single computer, called the (*) ICPC. (10[1])This organization’s “Special Interest Groups” include SIGCOMM and SIGGRAPH. (10[1])Most major computer science journals and conferences are either run (-5[1])by the IEEE (“I triple E”) or by this organization. For 10 points, the Turing Award is given by what academic society, whose name references its original focus of “Computing Machinery”? ■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: ACM [or Association for Computing Machinery]
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Conv. %Power %Average Buzz
80%40%68.00

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Yoona ChoiCarnegie LemonsJAX guide -league -of -legends -lol -mortal -kombat5815
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Andrew HunterA TV Guide for NetheadsI Paused My Unique Game to Be Here7110
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