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WikiWikiWeb is the first wiki engine and wiki forum ever. The wiki engine has been developed in the Perl programming language since 1994 by [http://c2.com/~ward Howard Cunningham]. The wiki forum was inaugurated on March 25, 1995. | WikiWikiWeb is the first wiki engine and wiki forum ever. The wiki engine has been developed in the Perl programming language since 1994 by [http://c2.com/~ward Howard (Ward) Cunningham]. The wiki forum was inaugurated on March 25, 1995. | ||
Both the wiki engine and the wiki forum are called ''WikiWikiWeb''. Abbreviated variants of the name ''WikiWikiWeb'' are ''WikiWiki'' and ''Wiki''. Howard Cunningham named WikiWikiWeb after Wiki Wiki, a line of Chance RT-52 shuttle buses running between terminals at Honolulu International Airport. The name of the shuttle line is derived from the Hawaiian-language expression ''wiki wiki'', which is a word reduplication of ''wiki'', a word that means "fast". The reduplication ''wiki wiki'' is used to emphasize ''wiki'', so ''wiki wiki'' could be translated as "faster than fast". | Both the wiki engine and the wiki forum are called ''WikiWikiWeb''. Abbreviated variants of the name ''WikiWikiWeb'' are ''WikiWiki'' and ''Wiki''. Howard Cunningham named WikiWikiWeb after Wiki Wiki, a line of Chance RT-52 shuttle buses running between terminals at Honolulu International Airport. The name of the shuttle line is derived from the Hawaiian-language expression ''wiki wiki'', which is a word reduplication of ''wiki'', a word that means "fast". The reduplication ''wiki wiki'' is used to emphasize ''wiki'', so ''wiki wiki'' could be translated as "faster than fast". | ||