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I have always been fascinated about how wikipedia works. I am think of creating an idea similar to wikipedia but I must know what technology they use first. Just wanted to know what technology does wikipedia use?

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http://www.mediawiki.org/

W_P
Sorry, I know you were probably expecting a more specific answer, but since MediaWiki is the engine Wikipedia was built on, and MW is open source, it shouldn't be too hard to peruse the code to see how it works...
W_P
Use the source, Luke. :)
Matthew Flaschen
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In short - no framework, no ORM.

Yaroslav
That doesn't mean that Luke101 can't use some framework or ORM for his wiki engine.
Tadeusz A. Kadłubowski
Thanks..Thats what I was looking for
Luke101