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  1. Who created the wiki concept?
  2. In what year was the first wiki released?
  3. What is the name of the first wiki?
  4. The first wiki’s name was inspired by what?
  5. Wiki is short for “wiki-wiki” which in Hawaiian means _.
  6. Although “wiki” is not an acronym, it is often interpreted (as a backronym) as meaning _.
  7. Text that is created using a simple markup language is known as __.
  8. A type of editor, often available on wikis, which makes creating pages without knowledge of any programming langage or specialized simple markup text is called ___.
  9. Two words concatenated or combined together is called a __.
  10. A wiki __ is server software that is used to create and manage wikis.
  11. A wiki __ is a site which offers wiki hosting.
  12. What is the largest and most well known wiki?

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Answers

  1. Ward Cunningham, an Oregan programmer
  2. 1995
  3. Wiki Wiki Web It’s purpose was to host a collaborative discussion of patterns in programming.
  4. The “wiki wiki” shuttle bus line at the Honolulu airport.
  5. Quick, fast. It was the first Hawaiian word that he learned. It also describes two key features of wikis: quickness and ease.
  6. What-I-Know-Is
  7. Wikitext
  8. WYSIWYG (What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get)
  9. Wikiword These are used to create a new page or a link to a new page on a wiki. Typically the words are ‘smashed’ together (without punctuation) with the first letter of each capitalized. If the page does not exist, many wikis will automatically create it the first time you edit it.
  10. engine. It’s a do-it-yourself approach. Technical skills are required to install and support the software.
  11. farm. No technical knowledge is required.
  12. Wikipedia



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