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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A CompuServe (CompuServe Information Service, também conhecida pelo acrônimo CIS) foi um dos primeiros serviços online a disponibilizar conexão à Internet em nível internacional e também responsável pela popularização de troca de figuras, tendo sido a empresa criadora do formato GIF. Os serviços eram acessados por meio de um cliente de acesso próprio, chamado CIM (Compuserve Information Manager), que dispunha de serviços como e-mail e fóruns de discussão, também dando acesso à Internet. Tornou-se bastante popular na década de 1990 e posteriormente foi fundido com a AOL, que assumiu os ativos.
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