CompuServe
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CompuServe, Inc. (CompuServe Information Service, Inc., also known by its initialism CIS or later CSi) was an American Internet company that provided the first major commercial online service. It opened in 1969 in Columbus, Ohio, as a timesharing and remote access service marketed to corporations. After a successful 1979 venture selling otherwise under-utilized after-hours time to Radio Shack customers, the system was opened to the public, roughly the same time as The Source.
Key facts
- Company.name
- CompuServe, Inc.
- Company.logo
- CompuServe wordmark.svg
- Company.image
- Aerial Views of CompuServe Corporate Headquarters 2 crop.jpg
- Company.image_caption
- Former corporate headquarters in Columbus, Ohio
- Company.type
- Subsidiary
- Company.foundation
- (as Compu-Serv Network, Inc.)
- Company.industry
- Internet and communications
- Company.products
- Online services, ISP
- Company.location
- Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- subsidiary company
- Country
- United States
- Headquarters
- Columbus
- Parent organization
- AOL
- Industry
- telecommunications
- Official website
- www.compuserve.com
- Image
- Aerial Views of CompuServe Corporate Headquarters 2 crop.jpg
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- inception
- 1969-01-01
- product or material produced
- online service provider
- archives at
- Computer History Museum
- Commons category
- CompuServe
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2009-07-06
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CompuServe (ou CompuServe Information Services, ou CIS), est le premier des grands fournisseurs de services en ligne aux États-Unis. Il domine le marché pendant les années 1980 puis reste un acteur important au milieu des années 1990, avant d'être mis sur la touche par des FAI comme AOL utilisant des environnements graphiques. Aujourd’hui la société agit en tant que FAI, appartenant à AOL. L'entreprise est aussi connue pour avoir mis au point un format d'image numérique très répandu, le GIF, en 1987, ainsi que pour avoir offert le premier service de courrier électronique et d'assistance sur ordinateur personnel au grand public en 1979.
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