Knowbot Information Service
The Knowbot Information Service (KIS), also known as netaddress, is an Internet user search engine that debuted in December of 1989. It provided a uniform user interface to a variety of remote directory services such as whois, finger, X.500, and MCI Mail. By submitting a single query to KIS, a user can search a set of remote white pages services and see the results of the search in a uniform format.