MediaWiki

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The use of external links is intentional in this context, as, for example, Magnus Manske's user page is on en.wikipedia.org, not whatever domain some mirror is using. -->

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MediaWiki is a Wiki software package licensed under the GNU General Public License. It is a feature-rich wiki implementation written primarily for Wikipedia and other Wikimedia Foundation projects but is also used by many other wikis.

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It is written in PHP and uses an underlying MySQL relational database management system. Its logo symbolizes how its markup language uses double brackets ("","") to link articles together. MediaWiki is capable of interfacing with other, optional programs to improve performance and capabilities. Support for memcached, the Squid cache system, and TeX math rendering are all available in the current version. An extension and hook system allows users to add their own features and program interfaces.

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Wiki software: Wiki software is a type of collaborative software that runs a Wiki system. It is usually implemented as a server-side script that runs on one or more web servers, with the content generally stored in a relational database management system, although some implementations use the server's file system ...

GNU General Public License: The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. It has since become the most popular license for free software. The latest version of the license, version 2, was released in 1991. The GNU Lesser General ...

Wikipedia: Wikipedia is a multilingual, Web-based, free-content encyclopedia written collaboratively by volunteers and operated by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation based in St. Petersburg, Florida. It has editions in about 200 languages (about 100 of which are active). Ten editions have more than 50,000 art...