## <a name="TWiki is a Web-based collaborati"></a> TWiki is a Web-based collaboration platform
-- A TWiki site is a easy-to-use, full-featured open communication environment:
+- A TWiki site is an easy-to-use, full-featured open communications environment:
- people anywhere on the Web or on an intranet can meet
- rich Web text, images, and online multimedia are easily shared
- documents and other files can be uploaded and downloaded
- - everything works through a regular Web browser
+ - all you need is a Web browser and any available network connection
### <a name="TWiki is a powerful Web enhancem"></a> TWiki is a powerful Web enhancement...
- make adding and editing text simple _(How simple? Click on the **Edit** link at the bottom of the page...)_
- let you find information _fast_ ([[WebSearch]])
-- TWiki provides an intuitive way to meet and collaborate, that aspires to the Zen ideals known as [[WabiSabi]]. It finds beauty in the imperfect and ephemeral and constantly evolving. When it comes down to it, that's all you need.
+- TWiki provides an intuitive way for people to meet and collaborate, that aspires to the Zen ideals known as [[WabiSabi]]. It finds beauty in the imperfect and ephemeral and constantly evolving. (When it comes down to it, that's all you need.)
- TWiki is one of many [[WikiWikiClones]], based on Ward Cunningham's original [Wiki Wiki Web](http://c2.com/).
### <a name=""TWiki" stands for..."></a> "TWiki" stands for...
- _Wiki wiki_ means "quick" in Hawaiian. The shuttle at Honolulu Airport is called the _wiki wiki_ bus, which is where the original Wiki web got its name.
-- _TWiki_ is short for _TakeFive Wiki_ from the name of the company where its founder worked. (It was later discovered that _Twiki_ is also the name of an AI robot that co-starred in the [_Buck Rogers..._](http://www.buck-rogers.com/) movie and TV show from 1979 - its head is in the logo.)
+- _TWiki_ is short for _TakeFive Wiki_, the name of the company where its founder worked. (It was later discovered that _Twiki_ is also the name of an AI robot that co-starred in the [_Buck Rogers..._](http://www.buck-rogers.com/) movie and TV series from 1979 - see TWiki in the logo.)
### <a name="Selected TWiki Topics..."></a> Selected TWiki Topics...
-- [[TWikiPages]] tells you how to do administrative things, like renaming topics.
-- [[TWikiHistory]] timelines TWiki's development.
-- [[TWikiPlannedFeatures]] lists of approved additions to future TWiki versions.
+- [[TWikiSite]] provides a basic big picture overview of the TWiki platform
+- [[TWikiPages]] is a quick and concentrated look at the TWiki core
+- [[TWikiPlannedFeatures]] lists approved additions to future TWiki versions.
- [[TWikiEnhancementRequests]] is the place to add your new feature requests.
-- [[TWikiDocumentation]] is the complete reference manual.
+- [[TWiki Documentation|Main/WebHome]]: a compact User's Guide and an in-depth Reference Manual.
+- [[TWikiHistory]] puts TWiki development on a timeline
- [[WikiCulture]] looks at the unique type of collaboration Wiki systems offer.
- [[WikiReferences]] links to articles and books about collaboration and Wiki technology.
> **_NOTE:_**
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-> If you have to log-in to us TWiki, for example, if Twiki is running on an intranet, it automatically signs new pages with your
+> If you have to log-in to usr TWiki, for example, if Twiki is running on an intranet, it automatically signs pages you edit and create with your
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> [[WikiName]]
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- [[WelcomeGuest]] is a fast track guide to TWiki.
- This site is powered by TWiki version **TWiki-4.1.2, Sat, 03 Mar 2007, build 13046**.
--- [[MikeMannix]] - 01 Dec 2001
+-- [[MikeMannix]] - 29 Dec 2001