Obidos was the name used byAmazon.com[1] for their original page rendering engine, and appears in many oftheir URLs such ashttps://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596515162. Obidos was phased out in 2006 and replaced by the Gurupa engine.[2]Amazon.com subsequently used the name for their building at 551 Boren Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109, United States.[3]
It was named after the town ofÓbidos inBrazil near the swiftest point on theAmazon River, which is in turn named after the town ofÓbidos, Portugal.[citation needed]