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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 (Ward) 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''. Ward 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".


The tag line of WikiWikiWeb is "PeopleProgrammingAndPatterns". The original purpose of WikiWikiWeb was to document programming patterns, especially for members of [http://st-www.cs.uiuc.edu/users/johnson/ Ralph Johnson]'s patterns mailing list, and for people who attended the Patterns Languages of Programs Conference (PLoP) and the Conference on Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages, and Applications (OOPSLA).
The tag line of WikiWikiWeb is "PeopleProgrammingAndPatterns". The original purpose of WikiWikiWeb was to document programming patterns, especially for members of [http://st-www.cs.uiuc.edu/users/johnson/ Ralph Johnson]'s patterns mailing list, and for people who attended the Patterns Languages of Programs Conference (PLoP) and the Conference on Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages, and Applications (OOPSLA).
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