SIGCAT
Encyclopedia
SIGCAT was a Special Interest Group
founded in 1986 by Jerry McFaul. It became the world's largest CD-ROM
users' group
, with over 11,000 members in 75 countries. SIGCAT held annual conferences until 1999.
In 2002, SIGCAT discovered that it had let its domain name
, www.sigcat.org, expire, and that the name had been reregistered by a pornography site
operator.
Around 2002, SIGCAT was absorbed into the DVD Association (DVDA), an organization that had sprung from the CD Interactive Association (CDIA). The DVDA continues to hold conferences and other events.
Special Interest Group
A Special Interest Group is a community with an interest in advancing a specific area of knowledge, learning or technology where members cooperate to effect or to produce solutions within their particular field, and may communicate, meet, and organize conferences...
founded in 1986 by Jerry McFaul. It became the world's largest CD-ROM
CD-ROM
A CD-ROM is a pre-pressed compact disc that contains data accessible to, but not writable by, a computer for data storage and music playback. The 1985 “Yellow Book” standard developed by Sony and Philips adapted the format to hold any form of binary data....
users' group
Users' group
A users' group is a type of club focused on the use of a particular technology, usually computer-related....
, with over 11,000 members in 75 countries. SIGCAT held annual conferences until 1999.
In 2002, SIGCAT discovered that it had let its domain name
Domain name
A domain name is an identification string that defines a realm of administrative autonomy, authority, or control in the Internet. Domain names are formed by the rules and procedures of the Domain Name System ....
, www.sigcat.org, expire, and that the name had been reregistered by a pornography site
Internet pornography
Internet pornography is pornography that is distributed by means of various sectors of the Internet, primarily via websites, peer-to-peer file sharing, or Usenet newsgroups...
operator.
Around 2002, SIGCAT was absorbed into the DVD Association (DVDA), an organization that had sprung from the CD Interactive Association (CDIA). The DVDA continues to hold conferences and other events.
External links
- CD-ROM Consistent Interface Guidelines: Final Report, SIGCAT, August 1991
- PC Magazine entry
- Carolyn Duffy Marsan, "Porn Sites Hijack Expired Domain Names", PC WorldPC World (magazine)PC World is a global computer magazine published monthly by IDG. It offers advice on various aspects of PCs and related items, the Internet, and other personal-technology products and services...
, March 8, 2002 - Nancy K. Herther, "The New Information Age for the Federal Government--CP Interviews SIGCAT's Jerry McFaul", CD-ROM Professional, June 1992 (ERICEducation Resources Information CenterERIC - the Education Resources Information Center - is an online digital library of education research and information. ERIC is sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education...
abstract) - DVDA official site