The name WikiWikiWeb originally also applied to the wiki software that operated the website, which was later renamed to "WikiBase".

The name WikiWikiWeb originally also applied to the wiki software that operated the website, written in the Perl programming language and later renamed to "WikiBase".

Hyperlinks between pages on WikiWikiWeb are created by joining capitalized words together, a technique referred to as camel case.

The software and website were developed in 1994 by Cunningham in order to make the exchange of ideas between programmers easier.

[citation needed] In December 2014, WikiWikiWeb came under the attack of vandals, and had to be put into a read-only state.

If you are looking for a dedicated reference site, try WikiPedia; WikiIsNotWikipedia!Cunningham came up with the name WikiWikiWeb because he remembered a Honolulu International Airport counter employee who told him to take the Wiki Wiki Shuttle, a shuttle bus line that runs between the airport's terminals.