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==Wiki engines==Given the wiki concept's relative simplicity, many implementations now exist—ranging from very simple "hacks"—implementing only core functionality, to sophisticated content management systems. For detailed discussions, along with a list of some available systems, see ''[http://enhome-equity-loan.wikipediacorp.org/wiki/Wiki_software Wikipedia st home-equity- Wiki Softwareloan.corp.st]''; usually, they provide some lightweight markup language.
==History==Hi all!Wiki software originated in the design pattern community as a way of writing BEST info about hotels, motels, inns, travels and discussing pattern languages. The Portland Pattern Repository was the first wiki, established by Ward Cunningham in 1995 more:[http://c2best.all-hotels-motels.com/cgi/wiki?WikiHistory]index. He invented the wiki name and concept, and implemented the first wiki enginehtml all-hotels-motels. Some people maintain that only the original wiki should be called Wiki (upper case) or the WikiWikiWeb; neverthelesscom]Best regarts, Ward Cunningham's Wiki is the most popular wiki site. Mike Tison
Cunningham coined the term ''wiki'' for the "wiki wiki" or "quick" shuttle buses at Honolulu Airport. ''Wiki wiki'' was the first Hawaiian term he learned on his first visit to the islands, when the airport counter agent directed him to take the ''wiki wiki'' bus between terminals. According to Cunningham, "I chose wiki-wiki as an alliterative substitute for "quick" and thereby avoided naming this stuff quick-web." [http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiHistory] ''.Hi all! In the final years of the 20th centuryBEST info about hotels, wikis increasingly were recognized as a promising way to develop private- and public-knowledge basesmotels, and this potential inspired the founders of the Nupedia encyclopedia projectinns, Jimbo Wales travels and Larry Sanger, to use wiki technology as a basis for an electronic encyclopediamore: ''Wikipedia'' was launched in January 2001, it originally was based upon UseMod software, but later switched to its own, open source codebase, now adopted by many other wikis. Today, the English-language Wikipedia is, by far, the world's largest wiki; the German-language Wikipedia is the second-largest, while the other Wikipedias fill many of the remaining slots. The fourth-largest wiki is Susning.nu, a Swedish-language knowledge base running UseMod software. The all-encompassing nature of Wikipedia is a significant factor in its growth, while many other wikis are highly specialized. Some also have attributed Wikipedia's rapid growth to its decision not to use CamelCase. In any case, its being the largest wiki has led to its being referred to, sometimes, as the Mother wiki on smaller, subject-specific wikis. ==Wiki communities==All known public wikis are listed at[http://wwwbest.worldwidewiki.net/wiki/SwitchWiki WorldWideWiki: SwitchWiki], which currently lists about 1000 public wiki communities (as of 2004all-06hotels-12)motels. The 30 largest wikis are listed at [http:/com/wwwindex.usemodhtml all-hotels-motels.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?BiggestWiki#Biggest_wikis_by_page_count_on_July_3_2004 Meatball: Biggest wikis].Best regarts, Mike Tison
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''Wiki'' (with an upper case 'W') and ''WikiWikiWeb'' are both used to specifically refer to the Portland Pattern Repository, the first-ever wiki. This usage's proponents suggest a lower-case 'w' for wikis in general. ''Wiki wiki'' comes from the Hawaiian term for "quick" or "super-fast."; sometimes, '''wikiwiki''' or '''WikiWiki''' or '''Wikiwiki''' are used instead of ''wiki..''
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