america on-line, inc.

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america on-line, inc. - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  America On-Line, Inc.
  
     <company, communications> (AOL) A US on-line service provider
     based in Vienna, Virginia, USA.  AOL claims to be the largest
     and fastest growing provider of on-line services in the world,
     with the most active subscriber base.  AOL offers its three
     million subscribers electronic mail, interactive newspapers
     and magazines, conferencing, software libraries, computing
     support, and on-line classes.
  
     In October 1994 AOL made Internet FTP available to its
     members and in May 1995, full Internet access including
     World-Wide Web.
  
     AOL's main competitors are Prodigy and Compuserve.
  
     (http://aol.com/).
  
     (1997-08-26)