Wiki Wiki
Antennaria@aol.com (Wed, 29 Jan 2003 19:33:54 PST)

When I heard the term "Wiki" and "Wiki Web" on this PBS forum, I admit it was
the first time I encountered such a term... despite the fact I'm an IT
(Information Technology) manager! Apparently the idea came about in the mid
1990s. Doing a search on GOOGLE comes up with a wealth of hits. But I was
still wondering about the unusual word "Wiki" and it's derivation, thinking
it must be one of the ubiquitous acronyms that plague us these days. I was
wrong. Searching on "wiki" and "acronyms" on google, I came across this...

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OK - But what does the abbreviation/acronym wiki actually stand for?

It's not an abbreviation or an acronym. "Wiki" is borrowed from "wiki-wiki"
-- Hawaiian for "quick".
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Thanks for making the web wiki available for PBS image posting. I think
it'll be useful. But I wonder how it leaves the status of using Bulb_Images
on Yahoo Groups?

Mark McDonough Pepperell, Massachusetts, United States
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