Amazon.com

Amazon.com, Inc. {{nasdaq|AMZN}} is an American electronic commerce company based in Seattle, Washington. It was one of the first major companies to sell goods over the Internet. Amazon also owns Alexa Internet, a9.com, and the Internet Movie Database (IMDb).

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American - Electronic commerce - Seattle - Washington - Internet - Alexa Internet - A9.com - Internet Movie Database

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Amazon assigns a unique identifier, the Amazon Standard Identification Number (ASIN), to each item it sells. (For books, the ASIN is the same as the item's ISBN, if it has one.) Amazon offers access to its catalog via web services, much as Google does to its search engine. In addition, a9.com provides search engine services directly on the Amazon.com site.

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Amazon Standard Identification Number - ISBN - Web services - Google - Search engine - A9.com

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Launched in 1995, Amazon.com began as an online book-selling company but has now branched off into many other areas, including DVDs, music CDs, computer software, video games, electronics, apparel, furniture, and more.

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1995 - Online - Book - DVD - CD - Computer - Software - Video game - Electronics - Apparel - Furniture

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