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CompuServe

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…

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Company history and development of the service

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International operations

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Founded
1969; 57 years ago (1969) (as Compu-Serv Network, Inc.)
Industry
Internet and communications
Headquarters
Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Defunct
July 1, 2009; 17 years ago (2009-07-01)
Products
Online services, ISP
Type
Subsidiary

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Company history and development of the service

Software and features

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WOW! service

AOL acquisition and post–1997 history

International operations

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CompuServe

Nodes184
Edges183
Triples289
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.01087
Components1

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CompuServe

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related to International operations · 32
CompuServe → Andrew Gray, August, Before, CIS UK, Colin Campbell, CompuServe UK's, CompuServe's UK, CompuServe/CIS, David Gilroy, Dixons Retail, European, Great Universal Stores/GUS, Innovations, Interflora, Internet, Martin Turner, Past Times, Paul Stanfield, PC World, Product Marketing Director
related to File transfers · 24
CompuServe → Although, Around, As, Between, CIS, CLI, CompuServe Hong Kong, Dreamscape, Fujitsu, GUI-based, HMI, Host-Micro Interface, Hutchison Telecom, In, ISP, It, Japan, Japanese-language, NIFTY-Serve, Nissho Iwai
related to Founding · 19
CompuServe → Arizona, CEO, Columbus, Compu-Serv Network, CompuServe CB Simulator, Doug Chinnock, Golden United Life Insurance, Goltz, Harry Gard Sr, Inc, Jeffrey Wilkins, John, Larry Shelley, Ohio, Other, Sandy Trevor, Though Golden United, University, Wilkins
related to Technology · 19
CompuServe → Asynchronous Transfer Mode, ATM, Cleveland, Columbus, CompuServe's, DEC PDP-11, DEC PDP-15, Finally, FR, Frame Relay, In, Internet Protocol, IP, Later, Over, PDP-8, PDP-8s, The, United States
related to Acquisitions · 17
CompuServe → Access Technology, Alpha Systems, Block, Box, Collier-Jackson, CompuServe's Columbus, Dallas, Early, Inc, Internet, It, Ohio, PDP-10, Software House, Spry, System, Texas
related to CIS · 16
CompuServe → By, CIS, CIS's, CompuServe Information Service, CompuServe's Personal Computing Division, Consumer, It, Its, July, MicroNET, On September, Radio Shack, The Source, This, United States, US
related to history · 16
CompuServe → An, AOL, Block, CEO Henry Bloch, CompuServe's, For, In, Intel, Microsoft, Parent, PDP-10, Red-Dog, The, There, USRobotics, Windows NT
related to WOW! service · 16
CompuServe → AOL, CompuServe's, Information Service, Internet Explorer, ISPs, January, Knowing, March, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, November, Several, SR2, The Wow, Windows, Wow
related to Wow.com domain · 14
CompuServe → AOL, Digg-style, From October, Groupon, However, In, Joystiq, Netscape, Propeller, The, Toward, Warcraft, World, Wow
related to Newspapers · 12
CompuServe → Although, Associated Press, Columbus Dispatch, CompuServe's, In July, Ledger Star, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Examiner, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Virginian-Pilot

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
CompuServeDefunctJuly 1, 2009; 17 years ago (2009-07-01)1.00infobox
CompuServeFounded1969; 57 years ago (1969) (as Compu-Serv Network, Inc.)1.00infobox
CompuServeHeadquartersColumbus, Ohio, U.S.1.00infobox
CompuServeIndustryInternet and communications1.00infobox
CompuServeProductsOnline services, ISP1.00infobox
CompuServeTypeSubsidiary1.00infobox
CompuServeWebsitewww.compuserve.com1.00infobox
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TapCISinstance ofUnlike other offline readers0.80text

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