special interest

n : an individual or group who are concerned with some

particular part of the economy and who try to influence

legislators or bureacrats to act in their favor

Special Interest Group

(SIG) One of several technical areas, sponsored by the

{Association for Computing Machinery}. Well-known SIGs

include SIGPLAN (the Special Interest Group on Programming

Languages), SIGARCH (the Special Interest Group for Computer

Architecture) and SIGGRAPH (the Special Interest Group for

Computer Graphics).

(1994-10-27)