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"Wiki" is from the Hawaiian word ''wiki wiki'', meaning "quick." In part, the word refers to a simplified system of markup, which allows the most common kinds of HTML markup to be performed in a semi-intuitive way. For example, using the [[MediaWiki]] [[software]], a user can italicize a word by preceding and following it with two apostrophes:

"Wiki" is from the Hawaiian word ''wiki wiki'', meaning "quick." In part, the word refers to a simplified system of markup, which allows the most common kinds of HTML markup to be performed in a semi-intuitive way. For example, using the [[MediaWiki]] [[software]], a user can italicize a word by preceding and following it with two apostrophes:

:<nowiki>''italicized''</nowiki>

:<nowiki>''italicized''</nowiki> Thusly: ''italicized''

instead of using the HTML syntax

instead of using the HTML syntax

:<nowiki><i>italicized</i></nowiki>

:<nowiki><i>italicized</i></nowiki>