# National Computer Camps

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{{Infobox company
| type = [Private](/source/Privately_held_company)
| industry = Campground Operating
| founded = {{Start date and age|1977}} in [Connecticut](/source/Connecticut)
| founder = Dr. Michael Zabinski
| website = {{URL|nccamp.com}}
}}

'''National Computer Camps''' are [computer camps](/source/Tech_camp) for [children](/source/children) and teens founded in 1977 by Dr. Michael Zabinski. There are locations at [Fairfield University](/source/Fairfield_University) in [Fairfield, Connecticut](/source/Fairfield%2C_Connecticut), where Dr. Zabinski is a professor of physics and engineering;<ref>{{Cite news |last=Yang |first=Dori Jones |date=April 23, 2001 |title=E-happy camping, where computers beat canoes |no-pp=y |work=[U.S. News & World Report](/source/U.S._News_%26_World_Report) |url=http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/010423/cybercamp.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010608152400/http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/010423/cybercamp.htm |archive-date=June 8, 2001}}</ref>  [Oglethorpe University](/source/Oglethorpe_University) in [Atlanta, Georgia](/source/Atlanta%2C_Georgia);  and [Baldwin Wallace University](/source/Baldwin_Wallace_University) in [Cleveland, Ohio](/source/Cleveland%2C_Ohio).

The focus of NCC is 2D and 3D video [game design](/source/game_design), [computer programming](/source/computer_programming), [digital video](/source/digital_video) production, [web page design](/source/web_page_design), [A+](/source/A%2B_certification) and [Network+](/source/Network%2B) certification, Android App programming, and software applications including animation, [Flash](/source/Adobe_Flash) and Photoshop. An optional sports program is also available. Each week, all levels of programming are offered in [Basic](/source/BASIC), [C++](/source/C%2B%2B), [Java](/source/Java_(programming_language)), [assembler](/source/assembly_language), [HTML](/source/HTML), [XML](/source/XML), and [JavaScript](/source/JavaScript). Campers may attend one or multi-week sessions.

NCC was the first summer camp for children founded with a primary focus on [computing](/source/Computer_science).<ref>[http://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue46/052_1_THE_WORLD_INSIDE_THE_COMPUTER.php The World Inside The Computer: New Directions For Computer Camps] COMPUTE! Issue 46, March 1984, p. 132.</ref>

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==External links==
*[http://www.nccamp.com/ National Computer Camps Official Website]

Category:1977 establishments in Connecticut
Category:Computing and society
Category:Summer camps in the United States

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