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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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