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 A screenshot of Lycos.com as of 2015 | |
| Type of business | Subsidiary |
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Type of site | Search engine and web portal |
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Founded | May 1994 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Headquarters | Waltham, Massachusetts, United States |
| Founder(s) | Michael Loren Mauldin |
| Parent | Brightcom Group |
| URL | www |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | April 13, 1995 |
| Current status | Active |
Lycos, Inc. (stylized as LYCOS), a subsidiary of Brightcom Group, offers a search engine, web portal, chat service, domain name registration service, and email client. The company also owns Tripod and Angelfire. It was established in 1994 as a university spin-off from Carnegie Mellon University.
The name "Lycos" is short for "Lycosidae", which is Latin for "wolf spider".[1]
- ^ Sherman, Chris (October 8, 2003). "What's In A (Search Engine's) Name?". Search Engine Watch. Archived from the original on 2015-01-03.