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This is a list of [[magazine]]s marketed primarily for [[computer]] and [[technology]] [[enthusiast]]s or users. The majority of these magazines cover general computer topics or several non-specific subject areas, however a few are also specialized to a certain area of computing and are listed separately.
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==General magazines==
These publications appeal to a broad audience and usually include content about [[computer hardware]] and [[software]] and  [[technology]] news. These magazines could also be called technology magazines because of the large amount of content about non-computer [[consumer electronics]], such as [[digital audio player]] and [[mobile phone]]s.
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===Bi-monthly===
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*''[[Component Developer Magazine]]'' (CODE)
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===Monthly===
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*''[[Australian Personal Computer|APC]]'' (Australia)
*''[[Computer Buyer]]'' (UK)
*''[[Computer Shopper (UK magazine)|Computer Shopper]]'' (UK)
*''[[Computer Shopper (US magazine)|Computer Shopper]]'' (US)
*''[[Digit (magazine)|Digit]]'' (India)
*''[[PC/Computing]]''
*''[[PC Magazine]]''
*''[[PC Pro]]''
*''[[PC World]]''
*''[[PCQuest (magazine)|PC Quest]]'' (India)
*''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'' (US)
*''[[iX (magazine)]]'' (Germany)
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===Fortnightly===
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*''[[c't]]'' (Germany, Netherlands)
*''[[Computeractive]]'' (United Kingdom)
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===Weekly===
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*''[[Computer Weekly]]'' (United Kingdom)
*''[[Computerra]]'' (Russia)
*''[[Computing (magazine)|Computing]]'' (United Kingdom)
*''[[Micro Mart]]'' (United Kingdom)
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===Online-only===
*''[[Datamation]]'', previously in print 1957–1998, the first computer magazine. (United States)

==Topic-specific magazines==
These publications are marketed towards people who are interested in a specific topic of computing.
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===Amiga===
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*''[[Amiga Action]]'' (United Kingdom) (discontinued)
*''[[Amiga Addict]]'' (United Kingdom)
*''[[Amiga Computing]]'' (United Kingdom, United States) (discontinued)
*''[[Amiga Format]]'' (United Kingdom) (discontinued)
*''[[Amiga Power]]'' (United Kingdom) (discontinued){{div col end}}

===Macintosh===
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*''[[Call-A.P.P.L.E.]]'' (United States)
*''[[MacTech]]'' (United States)
*''[[MacFormat]]'' (United Kingdom)
*''[[MacLife]]'' (Germany)
*''[[MacLife]]'', formally ''MacAddict'' (United States)
*''[[MacUser]]'' (United Kingdom)
*''[[Macworld]]'' (Australia, United States, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Spain, United Kingdom)
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===RISC OS/Acorn===
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*''[[Acorn User]]'' (United Kingdom) (discontinued)
*''[[Archive (magazine)|Archive]]'' (United Kingdom)
*''[[The Micro User]]'' (United Kingdom) (discontinued)
*''[[Qercus]]'' (United Kingdom)
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===Web development===
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*''[[.net (magazine)|.net]]'' (United Kingdom)
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===Computer modification===
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*''[[Custom PC]]'' (United Kingdom)
*''[[Maximum PC]]'' (United States)
*''[[PC Extreme]]'' (United Kingdom) (discontinued)
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=== Gaming ===

{{Main article|List of video game magazines}}

===Internet===
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*''[[First Monday (journal)|First Monday]]'' (Internet) (peer reviewed)
*''[[Internet Magazine]]'' (United Kingdom) (discontinued) 
*''[[Spider (internet magazine)|Spider]]'' (Pakistan) (discontinued) 
*''[[Webuser]]'' (United Kingdom) (discontinued)
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===Business===
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*''[[eWeek]]'' (United States)
*''[[InformationWeek]]'' (United States)
*''[[InfoWorld]]'' (United States)
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===Music===
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*''[[Computer Music (magazine)|Computer Music]]'' (United Kingdom)
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===Mobile computing===
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*''[[PC Today]]'' (United States)
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===Novice users===
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*''[[First Glimpse]]'' (United States)
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=== 1980s computers ===
The following magazines cover 1980s home computers such as the [[Amiga]], [[Atari 8-bit]], [[Commodore 64]], [[ZX Spectrum]] or [[Amstrad CPC]]. Most of these magazines are now discontinued as the computers they discuss are now out of production.

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|+ Retro computer magazines
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! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Availability
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
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| ''[[.info (magazine)|.info]]'' || United States, Canada || {{No|discontinued}} || 
|-
| ''[[Acorn User]]'' || United Kingdom) || {{No|discontinued}} || 
|-
| ''[[Amiga Addict]]'' || United Kingdom || Active || 
|-
| ''[[Amiga Power]]'' || United Kingdom || {{No|discontinued}} || 
|-
| ''[[Amiga Format]]'' || United Kingdom || {{No|discontinued}} || 
|-
| ''[[Amiga Computing]]'' || || {{No|discontinued}} || 
|-
| ''[[Amiga Survivor]]'' || || {{No|discontinued}} || 
|-
| ''[[Amiga User International]]'' || || {{No|discontinued}} || 
|-
| ''[[Amiga World]]'' || || {{No|discontinued}} || 
|-
| ''[[Amstrad Action]]'' || United Kingdom || {{No|discontinued}} || 
|-
| ''[[Amstrad Computer User]]'' || United Kingdom || {{No|discontinued}} || 
|-
| ''[[Amtix!]]'' || United Kingdom || {{No|discontinued}} || 
|-
| ''[[ANALOG Computing]]'' || United States || {{No|discontinued}} || 
|-
| ''[[ANTIC (magazine)|ANTIC]]'' || United States || {{No|discontinued}} || 
|-
| ''[[Atari User]]'' || United Kingdom || {{No|discontinued}} || 
|-
| ''[[Commodore User]]'' (renamed ''[[CU Amiga Magazine]]'') || || {{No|discontinued}} || 
|-
| ''[[Computer Gamer]]'' || United Kingdom || {{No|discontinued}} || 
|-
| ''[[CRASH (magazine)|Crash]]'' || United Kingdom || {{No|discontinued}} || 
|-
| ''[[Dragon User]]'' || United Kingdom || {{No|discontinued}} || 
|-
| ''[[Electron User]]'' || United Kingdom || {{No|discontinued}} || 
|-
| ''[[Page 6]]'' || United Kingdom || {{No|discontinued}} || 
|-
| ''[[Personal Computer Games]]'' || United Kingdom || {{No|discontinued}} || 
|-
| ''[[Retrogamer]]'' || United Kingdom || Active || 
|-
| ''[[Sinclair User]]'' || United Kingdom || {{No|discontinued}} || 
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| ''[[The Micro User]]'' || United Kingdom || {{No|discontinued}} || 
|-
| ''[[Your Computer (British magazine)|Your Computer]]'' || United Kingdom || {{No|discontinued}} || 
|-
| ''[[Your Sinclair]]'' (originally ''[[Your Spectrum]]'') || United Kingdom || {{No|discontinued}} || 
|-
| ''[[Zzap!64]]'' || United Kingdom || {{No|discontinued}} || 
|}

===Partworks===
The following magazines were published as [[partwork]]s:

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*''[[The Home Computer Advanced Course]]'' (United Kingdom) (1984–1985)
*''[[The Home Computer Course]]'' (United Kingdom) (1983–1984)
*''[[PC Ace]]'' (United Kingdom) (1999–2001)
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===Linux and open-source===
The following magazines cover topics related to the [[Linux]] [[operating system]] (as well as other [[Unix]] based operating systems) and other forms of [[open-source model|open-source]]/ free software. Some of these magazines are targeted at [[information technology|IT]] professionals (with an emphasis on the use of these systems in the [[wiktionary:Workplace|workplace]]) whilst others are designed for home users.
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*''[[Free Software Magazine]]'' (Internet)
*''[[Full Circle Magazine|Full Circle]]''
*''[[Linux Format]]'' (United Kingdom)
*''[[Linux Gazette]]'' (Internet)
*''[[Linux Journal]]'' (United States) (shutdown August 7, 2019)
*''[[Linux Magazine]]'' (United Kingdom/Europe)
*''[[Linux Magazine (USA)|Linux Magazine]]'' (United States)
*''[[Linux User and Developer]]'' (United Kingdom)
*''[[Linux Voice]]'' (United Kingdom)
*''[[Linux Weekly News]]'' (Internet)
*''[[Open Source For You]]'' (India)
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===Sales===
The following magazines cover computer, peripheral, software and service distribution, through all their aspects (marketing, strategy, channel, retail or wholesale).
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*''[[Channel World]]'', Belgium, Czech Republic, India, Netherlands
*''[[CRN Magazine]]'', US, Europe and other countries
*''[[IT Bransjen]]'', Norway
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==Academic journals==
A number of [[academic journal|journal]]s are circulated in [[Academia|academic circles]] (normally associated with a governing body such as the [[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers]], IEEE). These may cover several different topics as well as computing and often deal with more technical aspects of hardware and software.
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*''[[ACM Computing Reviews]]'' (United States) ([[Association for Computing Machinery|ACM]])
*''[[ACM Queue]]'' (United States) (ACM)
*''[[ACM Transactions on Graphics]]'' (United States) (ACM)
*''[[American Programmer]]'' (United States)
*''[[C/C++ Users Journal]]'' (United States) (independent publisher, defunct)
*''[[Computer (magazine)|Computer]]'' (United States) (IEEE, [[IEEE Computer Society|Computer Society]])
*''[[Computer Graphics (publication)|Computer Graphics]]'' (United States) ([[ACM SIGGRAPH]])
*''[[Dr. Dobb's Journal]]'' (United States) (independent publisher, defunct)
*''[[IEEE Internet Computing]]'' (United States) (IEEE, Computer Society)
*''[[IEEE Intelligent Systems]]'' (United States) (IEEE, Computer Society)
*''[[IEEE Micro]]'' (United States) (IEEE, Computer Society)
*''[[IEEE MultiMedia]]'' (United States) (IEEE, Computer Society)
*''[[IEEE Software]]'' (United States) (IEEE, Computer Society)
*''[[Overload (journal)|Overload]]'' (United Kingdom) ([[ACCU (organisation)|ACCU]])
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==Other, now defunct, computer-related magazines==
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* ''[[.info (magazine)|.info]]''
* ''[[Ahoy! (magazine)|Ahoy!]]''
* ''[[Boot (magazine)|Boot]]''
* ''[[Byte (magazine)|Byte]]''
* ''[[C-lehti|C]]'' (Finland)
* ''[[CD-ROM Today]]''
* ''[[Compute!]]''
* ''[[COMPUTE!'s Gazette]]''
* ''[[Computer Decisions]]''
* ''[[Creative Computing]]''
* ''[[Electronics Today International]]'', [[electronics]] magazine that also published early homebrew computer systems
* ''[[Family Computing]]'' (later ''Home Office Computing''), home/educational-oriented magazine published by [[Scholastic, Inc.]]
* ''[[Games for Windows: The Official Magazine]]''
* ''[[Hebdogiciel]]'', French computing magazine from the 1980s
* ''Info Komputer'' (Indonesia)
* ''[[Intelligent Computing CHIP|CHIP]]'' (India)
* ''[[IT-Branchen]]'' (Denmark)
* ''[[Kilobaud Microcomputing]]'' (United States)
* ''[[Microsystems (magazine)|Microsystems]]''
* ''[[New Computer Express]]'' (United Kingdom)
* ''[[Nibble (magazine)|Nibble]]''
* ''[[PC Ace]]''
* ''[[Personal Computer News]]'' (United Kingdom)
* ''[[Popular Computing Weekly]]'' (United Kingdom)
* ''[[The One (magazine)|The One]]''
* ''[[The Rainbow (magazine)|The Rainbow]]''
* ''[[RUN (magazine)|RUN]]''
* ''[[SunWorld]]'', about [[Sun Microsystems]] computers (United States)
* ''[[UnixWorld]]'', about [[Unix]] operating system (United States)
* ''[[Verbum (magazine)|Verbum]]'', desktop publishing and computer art focused magazine of the 1990s
* ''[[Zero (video game magazine)|Zero]]''
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==Computer magazine publishers==

The following [[company|companies]] publish one or several computer related magazines. Some of these [[publisher]]s produce computer magazines exclusively and most produce multiple magazines from this [[genre]].
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*[[Future plc]] (United Kingdom)
*[[Newsfield Publications]] (United Kingdom)
*[[Next Media]] (Australia)
*[[Sandhills Publishing Company]] (United States)
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==See also==
* [[List of disk magazines]]
* [[List of engineering journals and magazines]]

==References==
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==External links==
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