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A web site that allows anyone to add, delete, or revise content by using a web browser.

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  • What happened to the nice PHPBB wiki (@wiki.phpbb.com) that looked like the ACP?
  • According to Meredith Farkas, the word "wiki" comes from the Hawaiian word meaning "quick."
  • The term wiki means "quick" in Hawaiian, and wikis are all about quickly linking your information together.
  • Hence the term wiki--coined a decade ago by programmer Howard Cunningham--which means "hurry quick" in Hawaiian.
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