Obidos (software)
Encyclopedia
Obidos was the name used by Amazon.com
http://sites.google.com/site/steveyegge2/tour-de-babel for their original page rendering engine
, and appears in many of their URL
s. Obidos was phased out on August 31, 2006 at 20:59:17 PDT
and replaced by the Gurupa
engine.
It was named after the town of Óbidos
in Brazil
near the Amazon River
.
Amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. is a multinational electronic commerce company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the world's largest online retailer. Amazon has separate websites for the following countries: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, and...
http://sites.google.com/site/steveyegge2/tour-de-babel for their original page rendering engine
Layout engine
A web browser engine, , is a software component that takes marked up content and formatting information and displays the formatted content on the screen. It "paints" on the content area of a window, which is displayed on a monitor or a printer...
, and appears in many of their URL
Amazon Standard Identification Number
The Amazon Standard Identification Number is a unique identification number assigned by Amazon.com and its partners for product identification within the Amazon.com organization. Amazon.ca, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.fr, Amazon.it, Amazon.co.jp, Amazon.cn, and Amazon.es also use ASINs.ASINs...
s. Obidos was phased out on August 31, 2006 at 20:59:17 PDT
Pacific Time Zone
The Pacific Time Zone observes standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time . The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 120th meridian west of the Greenwich Observatory. During daylight saving time, its time offset is UTC-7.In the United States...
and replaced by the Gurupa
Gurupa
Gurupa is the name of Amazon.com's content delivery infrastructure. It is abbreviated to "gp" in Amazon URLs, such as http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009IQZFM/. The prior content delivery infrastructure was called Obidos....
engine.
It was named after the town of Óbidos
Óbidos, Pará
Óbidos is a town in Pará, Brazil located at the narrowest and swiftest part of the Amazon River. Its an old town founded in 1697, and located between Santarém and Oriximiná. The town is the seat of the Diocese of Óbidos. The town was named after Óbidos, Portugal.-Further...
in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
near the Amazon River
Amazon River
The Amazon of South America is the second longest river in the world and by far the largest by waterflow with an average discharge greater than the next seven largest rivers combined...
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