CompuServe

CompuServe
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryInternet
Founded1969 (1969) (as Compu-Serv Network, Inc.)
HeadquartersFormerly Columbus, Ohio, U.S., ,
U.S.
ParentYahoo! Inc.
Websitewww.compuserve.com

CompuServe (CompuServe Information Service, abbreviation: CIS) was the first large company that was an Internet service provider, in the United States.


CompuServe was the first large commercial provider of online services in the United States. It was created in 1969. It introduced the GIF format for pictures and a system for exchanging GIF files.[1]

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References

  1. "GIF". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2023-05-02.