The term wiki and the concept behind it were invented by Ward Cunningham, a computer programmer in Oregon in the United States. Cunningham derived wiki from the Hawaiian expression wiki wiki, meaning ‘quick’ (wikis are ‘quick’ because both editing and reading text can be done by using the same standard web browser). Wiki wiki was the first Hawaiian term Cunningham learnt when arriving at Honolulu airport, where he was directed to take the wiki wiki bus (shuttle bus) between terminals.