Short for CompuServe Information Service, one of the first and largest online services. CompuServe supports a wide array of forums and provides many types of electronic-mail services. In addition, it is connected to hundreds of different database systems. In 1997, the content portion of CompuServe was acquired by America Online and the network service was acquired by WorldCom.
CompuServe.com Home page for CompuServe. Offers a Web search engine, news items, telephone directories, stock quotes, weather, categories of recommended Web sites, and membership information.