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The '''WikiWikiWeb''' is the world's first and longest-running wiki, focusing on {{tag|People}}, {{tag|Projects}} and {{tag|Patterns}} in software development. It was originally located at http://c2.com/cgi/wiki -- a location that is still available, but [[ReadOnly]] due to persistent vandalism in December 2014 and January 2015. As of February 2015, it is being migrated to a [[Federated wiki]] at http://c2.fed.wiki.org/ | The '''WikiWikiWeb''' is the world's first and longest-running wiki, focusing on {{tag|People}}, {{tag|Projects}} and {{tag|Patterns}} in software development. It was originally located at http://c2.com/cgi/wiki -- a location that is still available, but [[ReadOnly]] due to persistent vandalism in December 2014 and January 2015. As of February 2015, it is being migrated to a [[Federated wiki]] at http://c2.fed.wiki.org/ | ||
The first wiki engine was developed in the {{tag|Perl}} programming language in 1994 by [[WardCunningham|Ward Cunningham]], and was based on a HyperCard stack that Cunningham designed for {{tag|collaboration}} with his former colleagues at Tektronix in Portland, Oregon. It was {{tag| | The first wiki engine was developed in the {{tag|Perl}} programming language in 1994 by [[WardCunningham|Ward Cunningham]], and was based on a HyperCard stack that Cunningham designed for {{tag|collaboration}} with his former colleagues at Tektronix in Portland, Oregon. It was {{tag|Founded in 1995}} under the Internet domain of Cunningham's {{tag|software}} consultancy Cunningham & Cunningham, Incorporated (also in Portland) on March 25, 1995, as an automated add-on to its [[Portland Pattern Repository]], a directory for publication of programming patterns which programmers sent by E-mail. | ||
Confusingly, the original Perl-based software and the content it maintained were frequently both described as the WikiWikiWeb, especially prior to the existence of other wikis. This page refers to the Wiki and its content, rather than the software itself. | Confusingly, the original Perl-based software and the content it maintained were frequently both described as the WikiWikiWeb, especially prior to the existence of other wikis. This page refers to the Wiki and its content, rather than the software itself. | ||