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IMDb was called Cardiff Internet Movie Database

When IMDb.com was moved from Usenet to the WWW, it was called Cardiff Internet Movie Database because it used the server at Cardiff University in Wales.

When IMDb.com was moved from Usenet to the WWW, it was called Cardiff Internet Movie Database because it used the server at Cardiff University in Wales.

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