from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
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)