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ARC/INFO is a Geographic Information System program produced by ESRI. The name ArcInfo is both used to refer to the older ARC/INFO Workstation and the newer level of licensing for ArcGIS. This article discusses ARC/INFO Workstation.

The first version of ARC/INFO was launched in 1982 on minicomputers, as ESRI claims, the very first modern GIS. As computing shifted to UNIX and Windows, ESRI followed launching ARC/INFO on both platforms (released on Windows NT inititally, but followed by PC ARC/INFO for all other version in 1989).

As well as offering a suite of GIS tools and techniques, ARC/INFO came with its own macro language - "Arc Macro Language," or AML for short. This allows users to string together longer sections of code, allowing the construction of complex modeling tools and automation.

In 1997, with ARC/INFO version 7, ESRI underwent a major change in its GIS product family when it released ArcGIS version 8. With this, the main ARC/INFO product line was discontinued as a standalone product. However, all of its functionality is still found in the ArcInfo license version of ArcGIS.

Due to its history of being a command line based product, and following the introduction of ESRI's first GUI-based GIS (ArcView) in 1992, there is often a distinct age split for command line users of the ARC/INFO tools. Many users who were "brought up" on the command line version still make use of it for its speed and large toolset, using it in conjunction with the GUI offered by ArcGIS. Many of the younger users, however, have never seen it or even realise it is there. In addition, some users find that AML offers quicker processing and scripting times than similar code in the GUI part of ArcGIS using Visual Basic.