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Originally Posted by zoedragon Why is it called wiki? Is it because "encyclopedia" is too long? |
Nope, the idea of an interconnecting site such as that is known as "WikiWiki" (Apparently meaning "fast" in Hawai'ian). Hence WikiWiki (Though it's just shortened to wiki nowadays) + Encyclopedia = Wikipedia.
You can see the creator, Ward Cunningham's, initial WikiWiki at
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WelcomeVisitors