<s>
ArcInfo	B-Application
(	O
formerly	O
ARC/INFO	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
full-featured	O
geographic	B-Application
information	I-Application
system	I-Application
produced	O
by	O
Esri	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
the	O
highest	O
level	O
of	O
licensing	O
(	O
and	O
therefore	O
functionality	O
)	O
in	O
the	O
ArcGIS	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
product	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
a	O
command-line	B-Application
based	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
command-line	B-Application
processing	O
abilities	O
are	O
now	O
available	O
through	O
the	O
GUI	B-Application
of	O
the	O
ArcGIS	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ESRI	O
launched	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
ARC/INFO	B-Application
-	O
which	O
it	O
claims	O
as	O
"	O
the	O
very	O
first	O
modern	O
GIS	B-Application
"	O
-	O
in	O
1982	O
on	O
minicomputers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
refers	O
to	O
its	O
architecture	O
as	O
a	O
geographic	B-Application
information	I-Application
system	I-Application
composed	O
of	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
early	O
releases	O
of	O
ARC/INFO	B-Application
comprised	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
FORTRAN	B-Application
programs	O
linked	O
together	O
and	O
accessed	O
through	O
a	O
command-line	B-Application
interface	I-Application
built	O
with	O
the	O
scripting	B-Language
language	I-Language
of	O
the	O
minicomputer	O
(	O
CPL	O
on	O
PRIMOS	B-General_Concept
,	O
DCL	B-Operating_System
on	O
VMS	B-Operating_System
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
was	O
built	O
under	O
a	O
paradigm	O
of	O
tools	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
together	O
within	O
a	O
command-line	B-Application
interface	I-Application
to	O
perform	O
GIS	B-Application
database	O
development	O
,	O
geoprocessing	O
,	O
and	O
output	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
release	O
of	O
ARC/INFO	B-Application
4.0	O
included	O
the	O
advent	O
of	O
an	O
"	O
Arc	O
executive	O
"	O
which	O
processed	O
commands	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
command-interpreter	O
developed	O
in	O
FORTRAN	B-Application
and	O
compiled	O
for	O
each	O
platform	O
,	O
for	O
performance	O
and	O
stability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Arc	O
Executive	O
allowed	O
the	O
support	O
of	O
a	O
command	O
language	O
specific	O
to	O
ARC/INFO	B-Application
:	O
the	O
ARC	B-Application
Macro	I-Application
Language	I-Application
(	O
AML	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
users	O
automate	O
input	O
to	O
the	O
command	B-Application
line	I-Application
,	O
and	O
supports	O
simple	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interfaces	I-Application
(	O
menus	O
and	O
forms	O
)	O
for	O
application-specific	O
tools	O
and	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AML	O
was	O
largely	O
based	O
on	O
CPL	O
,	O
the	O
system	O
scripting	B-Language
language	I-Language
of	O
the	O
original	O
ARC/INFO	B-Application
development	O
platform	O
,	O
PRIMOS	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
AML	O
applications	O
could	O
be	O
written	O
to	O
execute	O
unmodified	O
on	O
all	O
platforms	O
supported	O
by	O
ARC/INFO	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
computing	O
shifted	O
towards	O
Unix	B-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
ESRI	O
followed	O
by	O
launching	O
ARC/INFO	B-Application
on	O
both	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
platform	O
for	O
ARC/INFO	B-Application
moved	O
to	O
Sun	B-Application
Solaris	I-Application
at	O
version	O
5.0	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
Windows	B-Application
at	O
version	O
7.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ESRI	O
released	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
ARC/INFO	B-Application
functionality	O
as	O
PC	O
ARC/INFO	B-Application
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
in	O
1987	O
and	O
later	O
a	O
version	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
using	O
a	O
dBase	B-Application
tables	O
(	O
instead	O
of	O
INFO	O
)	O
for	O
tabular	O
data	O
and	O
a	O
'	O
Simple	O
Macro	O
Language	O
 '	O
(	O
SML	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ARC/INFO	B-Application
6.0	O
added	O
a	O
major	O
subsystem	O
(	O
GRID	O
)	O
for	O
raster	B-Algorithm
processing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
underlying	O
raster	B-Algorithm
processing	O
software	O
framework	O
(	O
and	O
"	O
ESRI	O
GRID	O
"	O
raster	B-Algorithm
data	O
format	O
)	O
later	O
provided	O
the	O
code	O
base	O
for	O
ArcView	O
3.x	O
Spatial	O
Analyst	O
and	O
ArcGIS	B-Application
Spatial	O
Analyst	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ESRI	O
underwent	O
a	O
major	O
change	O
in	O
its	O
GIS	B-Application
product	O
family	O
when	O
it	O
released	O
ArcGIS	B-Application
8.0	O
late	O
in	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
this	O
release	O
,	O
ARC/INFO	B-Application
was	O
discontinued	O
and	O
its	O
code	O
base	O
largely	O
frozen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ArcGIS	B-Application
was	O
a	O
multi-scale	O
architecture	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
Desktop	O
product	O
released	O
at	O
three	O
licensing	O
levels	O
:	O
ArcView	O
;	O
ArcEditor	O
;	O
and	O
ArcInfo	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ArcInfo	B-Application
license	O
is	O
billed	O
by	O
ESRI	O
as	O
"	O
Professional	O
GIS	B-Application
"	O
,	O
allowing	O
users	O
the	O
most	O
flexibility	O
and	O
control	O
in	O
"	O
all	O
aspects	O
of	O
data	O
building	O
,	O
modeling	O
,	O
analysis	O
,	O
and	O
map	O
display	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ArcInfo	B-Application
Desktop	O
continued	O
to	O
be	O
shipped	O
with	O
the	O
older	O
command-line	B-Application
software	O
,	O
now	O
named	O
"	O
ArcInfo	B-Application
Workstation	O
"	O
—	O
with	O
access	O
to	O
coverage	O
processing	O
tools	O
provided	O
through	O
the	O
ArcGIS	B-Application
Coverage	O
toolbox	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
ArcInfo	B-Application
Workstation	O
functionality	O
missing	O
from	O
ArcInfo	B-Application
Desktop	O
at	O
the	O
8.0	O
release	O
was	O
gradually	O
implemented	O
within	O
the	O
ArcGIS	B-Application
geoprocessing	O
framework	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
finally	O
completed	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
ArcGIS	B-Application
10.0	O
in	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ESRI	O
released	O
ArcInfo	B-Application
Workstation	O
10.0	O
(	O
along	O
with	O
ArcGIS	B-Application
10.0	O
)	O
in	O
late	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
final	O
release	O
supported	O
Windows	B-Application
(	O
XP	B-Application
,	O
Vista	B-Application
,	O
Win	B-Device
7	I-Device
,	O
Server	O
2003	B-Application
and	O
2008	B-Device
)	O
and	O
Solaris	B-Application
10	I-Application
(	O
SPARC	B-Architecture
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
Esri	O
deprecated	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
term	O
ArcInfo	B-Application
as	O
a	O
licensing	O
option	O
for	O
ArcGIS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
advanced	O
license	O
for	O
ArcGIS	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
is	O
now	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
ArcGIS	B-Application
Advanced	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
