Ward Cunningham
American computer programmer who developed the first wiki From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Howard G. "Ward" Cunningham (born May 26, 1949) is an American computer programmer. He started the first wiki website on March 25, 1995, and is considered the inventor of that software.[source?] He currently lives in Beaverton, Oregon.
Ward Cunningham got a Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from Purdue University, and then got his master's degree in computer science from there. he has worked for Tektronix Computer Research Laboratory, the Eclipse Foundation, and Microsoft, among other places. In 2009, he joined AboutUs, an editable guide to websites.
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Other websites
- WikiWikiWeb, the first wiki hosted at c2.com
- Ward's personal pages on c2.com
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