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Re: Alfa Wiki



P Hood wrote:
>What is WIKI an acronym for. Can't sleep a wink until I find out.

"TWiki" stands for...

* Wiki wiki means "quick" in Hawaiian. The shuttle at Honolulu Airport is called the _wiki wiki_ bus, which is where the original Wiki web got its name.
* _TWiki_ is short for _TakeFive Wiki_ from the name of the company where its founder worked. (It was later discovered that _Twiki_ is also the name of an AI robot that co-starred in the Buck Rogers... movie and TV show from 1979)

The most famous (and first) WikiWeb is the Portland Pattern Repository at http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?WelcomeVisitors It's main focus is computer programing, but they are fairly tolerant of OffTopic material. They've been around for a long time, and have a robust community.

--Mark
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