Editing WWIV (section)

{{short description|Brand of bulletin board system software}}
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{{Infobox software
| name                   = WWIV
| logo                   = <!-- Image name is enough -->
| logo size              = <!-- Defaults to 64px -->
| logo alt               = 
| logo caption           = 
| screenshot             = <!-- Image name is enough -->
| screenshot size        = <!-- Defaults to 300px -->
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| collapsible            = <!-- any text here will collapse screen shot -->
| author                 = 
| developer              = [[Wayne Bell (computer specialist)|Wayne Bell]]
| released               = {{Start date and age|1984}}
| discontinued           = <!-- no (default) or yes -->
| ver layout             = <!-- simple (default) or stacked -->
| latest release version = 
| latest release date    = <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes/no}} -->
| latest preview version = 
| latest preview date    = <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes/no}} -->
| status                 = 
| programming language   = [[BASIC]], [[Pascal (programming language)|Pascal]], [[C (programming language)|C]],  [[C++]]
| operating system       = 
| platform               = 
| size                   = 
| language               = 
| language count         = <!-- Number only -->
| language footnote      = 
| genre                  = [[bulletin board system]]
| license                = [[Apache_License#Apache_License_2.0|Apache v2]]
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| website                = <!-- {{URL|example.org}} -->
| repo                   = <!-- {{URL|example.org}} -->
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'''WWIV''' was a brand of [[bulletin board system]] software popular from the late 1980s through the mid-1990s. The modifiable [[source code]] allowed a [[sysop]] to customize the main BBS program for their particular needs and aesthetics. WWIV also allowed tens of thousands of BBSes to link together, forming a worldwide proprietary [[computer network]], the [[WWIVnet]], similar to [[FidoNet]].