## <a name="TWiki is a Web-based collaborati"></a> TWiki is a Web-based collaboration tool
-- A TWiki site is a simple, satisfying, full-featured open communication environment:
- - people anywhere online can meet
- - rich Web text, images, online multimedia are easily shared
+- A TWiki site is a easy-to-use, full-featured open communication 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
-### <a name="TWiki is written in Perl..."></a> TWiki is written in Perl...
+### <a name="TWiki is a powerful Web enhancem"></a> TWiki is a powerful Web enhancement...
-- TWiki's parsing engine reads a text file, hyperlinks it, and converts TWiki shorthand into standard HTML, on the fly. The point is to:
- - make editing text extremely simple (to see how simple, click on the **Edit** link at the bottom of the page)
- - let you find information fast ([[WebSearch]]).
+- TWiki's parsing engine is written in Perl. It reads a text file, and converts TWiki shorthand into standard HTML, on the fly. The point is to:
+ - 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]])
-- In addition to being quick, as a meeting and colloboration space, %WIKITOOLNAME% aspires to the Zen ideals known as [[WabiSabi]]. Zen finds beauty in the imperfect and ephemeral. When it comes down to it, that's all you need.
+- 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.
-- %WIKITOOLNAME% is one of many [[WikiWikiClones]], based on the original [Wiki Wiki Web](http://c2.com/), built by Wiki:WardCummingham.
+- 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_. (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_ 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.)
### <a name="Selected TWiki Topics..."></a> Selected TWiki Topics...
-- [[TWikiEnhancementRequests]] is the place to add your new feature requests.
-- [[TWikiPlannedFeatures]] lists of approved additions to future TWiki versions.
+- [[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.
+- [[TWikiEnhancementRequests]] is the place to add your new feature requests.
- [[TWikiDocumentation]] is the complete reference manual.
-- [[TWikiPages]] tells you how to do administrative things, like renaming topics.
- [[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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-> %WIKITOOLNAME% automatically signs new pages with your
+> 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
>
> [[WikiName]]
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-> when %WIKITOOLNAME% is running on an intranet. If your %WIKITOOLNAME% installation doesn't require a log-in, %WIKITOOLNAME% treats all contributors the same - everyone gets the same username:
+> . If your TWiki installation doesn't require a log-in, TWiki gives everyone the same username:
>
> [[TWikiGuest]]
>
- TWiki's home address is <http://twiki.org/>.
- Source code is available upon request: see <http://twiki.org/download.html>.
- [[WelcomeGuest]] is a fast track guide to TWiki.
-- This %WIKITOOLNAME% version is **TWiki-4.1.2, Sat, 03 Mar 2007, build 13046**.
+- This site is powered by TWiki version **TWiki-4.1.2, Sat, 03 Mar 2007, build 13046**.
--- [[MikeMannix]] - 14 Sep 2001 <br />
+_Last updated: [[MikeMannix]] - 30 Oct 2001_<br />
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