Amazon.com
Amazon.com
Amazon.com (pronounced /ˈæməˌzɒn/) is an American multinational technology company based in Seattle, Washington, that focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies, along with Google, Apple, and Facebook.
Etymology
The company was originally a bookstore and was named "Amazon" by founder Jeff Bezos in 1994 after the Amazon River, the largest river in the world by volume, as a metaphor for the company's size and market dominance.
History
Amazon was founded by Jeff Bezos in Bellevue, Washington, in July 1994. The company initially started as an online marketplace for books but later expanded to sell electronics, software, video games, apparel, furniture, food, toys, and jewelry.
Services
Amazon.com offers a variety of services including Amazon Prime, an annual membership program that includes unlimited free shipping and access to streaming music, movies, e-books, and other services. Other services include Amazon Web Services, a cloud computing platform, Amazon Kindle, an e-book reader, and Amazon Echo, a brand of smart speakers.
Related Terms
- E-commerce: The activity of buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet.
- Cloud computing: The on-demand availability of computer system resources, especially data storage and computing power, without direct active management by the user.
- Digital streaming: Multimedia that is constantly received by and presented to an end-user while being delivered by a provider.
- Artificial intelligence: The simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems.
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