Difference: TWikiSite (12 vs. 13)

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TWiki is a Web-based collaboration tool

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  • make the text editing process very simple ( click on the Edit link at the bottom of the page )
  • and to find information fast ( WebSearch ).
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  • A TWiki site is an easy-to-use, satisfying open communication environment where...
    • people anywhere on the Internet can meet,
    • share rich Web text, images, online multimedia,
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    • do it all through a regular Web browser.
 
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<		In addition to being quick, TWiki also aspires to Zen ideals generally labeled WabiSabi. Zen finds beauty in the imperfect and ephemeral. When it comes down to it, that's all you need.
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TWiki is written in Perl...

 
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<		What does the name TWiki stand for?
  • Wiki wiki means quick in Hawai'ian. They call the shuttle at the Honolulu airport the wiki wiki bus.
  • TWiki is the short form of TakeFive Wiki . (Later on I found out that Twiki is the name of a robot in a Buck Rogers TV show in 1979)
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  • make editing text extremely simple (to see how simple, click on Edit link at the bottom of the page)
  • and to let you find information fast (WebSearch).
 
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<		TWiki is one of many WikiWikiClones; the first one was built by Wiki:WardCummingham, http://c2.com/
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"TWiki" stands for...

  • Wiki wiki means "quick" in Hawaiian. They call the shuttle at Honolulu Airport the wiki wiki bus. Which is where the original Wiki Wiki Web got its name.
  • TWiki is short for TakeFive Wiki . (It was later found that Twiki is the name of a robot in a Buck Rogers TV show from 1979. That's his head.)

Selected TWiki Topics...

 
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Note: TWiki automatically signs new pages with your WikiName in case TWiki is running on an intranet where you log in. In case your TWiki installation does not authenticate users, TWiki does not know about usernames, and all contributors become TWikiGuest.
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  • TWiki automatically signs new pages with your WikiName in case TWiki is running on an Intranet where you log in. In case your TWiki installation does not authenticate users, TWiki does not know about user names, all contributors have the user name TWikiGuest.
  • TWiki's source code is available upon request, see http://TWiki.org/download.html
  • This TWiki version is TWiki-6.1.0, Mon, 16 Jul 2018, build 30610 .
 
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META TOPICMOVED by="MikeMannix" date="999166913" from="TWiki.TWikiWeb" to="TWiki.TWikiSite"
 
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