ACM SIGSMALL Newsletter (SN)

The ACM SIGSMALL Newsletter was the official newsletter of the ACM Special Interest Group on Small Computing Systems and Applications (SIGSMALL), a community within the Association for Computing Machinery dedicated to small and personal computing architectures and applications. Introduced around 1978, the newsletter provided members with updates on technical developments, industry trends, organizational news, conference summaries, software and hardware discussions, and SIG events. It was indexed with ISSN 0272‑720X (print) and E‑ISSN 2331‑1797 in online catalogs. Although specific publication frequency is not clearly listed in available bibliographic records, SIG newsletters within ACM generally follow a periodic schedule determined by the SIG leadership, such as quarterly or biannual issues. The SIGSMALL Newsletter represents an important historical artifact of the evolution of computing technology communities in ACM, capturing the interests of professionals and researchers involved with small systems during the late 1970s and early 1980s—a period of rapid growth in microcomputing and personal systems. It served as a forum for sharing practical insights, event information, research developments, and community news before the predominance of electronic mailing lists and digital platforms.

ACM SIGSMALL Newsletter (SN) is :-

• International, Peer-Reviewed, Open Access, Refereed, Computer Networks and Communications, It disseminated news, technical summaries, member announcements, meeting reports, early personal and mini computer technologies, applications, tooling, related research communities within ACM , Online or Print , Monthly Journal

• UGC Approved, ISSN Approved: P-ISSN P-ISSN: 0272-720X, E-ISSN: 2331‑1797, Established: 1978,
• Does Not Provide Crossref DOI

• Not indexed in Scopus, WoS, DOAJ, PubMed, UGC CARE