<s>
Twick.it	B-Application
was	O
an	O
online	O
glossary	O
consisting	O
of	O
statements	O
up	O
to	O
140	B-Application
characters	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Twick.it	B-Application
was	O
called	O
an	O
"	O
explain	O
engine	O
"	O
by	O
its	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
limitation	O
of	O
the	O
entries	O
(	O
so	O
called	O
"	O
Twicks	O
"	O
)	O
to	O
140	B-Application
characters	I-Application
was	O
adapted	O
from	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
user-generated	O
reference	O
work	O
from	O
Wikipedia	O
(	O
although	O
entries	O
submitted	O
by	O
one	O
user	O
could	O
not	O
be	O
modified	O
by	O
other	O
users	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
Twick.it	B-Application
won	O
the	O
second	O
prize	O
at	O
the	O
German	O
Social-Media	O
Award	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
owners	O
announced	O
the	O
discontinuation	O
of	O
Twick.it	B-Application
as	O
of	O
August	O
2012	O
because	O
of	O
lack	O
of	O
interest	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
platform	O
was	O
programmed	O
in	O
PHP	B-Application
with	O
a	O
MySQL	B-Application
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
frontend	O
,	O
the	O
JavaScript	B-Language
frameworks	O
Prototype	B-Language
and	O
Script.aculo.us	B-Language
were	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Twick.it	B-Application
differed	O
from	O
other	O
online	O
encyclopedias	O
by	O
the	O
short	O
length	O
of	O
the	O
explanation	O
and	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
there	O
could	O
be	O
more	O
than	O
one	O
explanation	O
of	O
a	O
topic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
of	O
Twick.it	B-Application
was	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
collected	O
short	O
explanations	O
in	O
other	O
services	O
and	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
External	O
services	O
were	O
to	O
be	O
enriched	O
by	O
short	O
explanations	O
by	O
certain	O
mashups	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
platform	O
included	O
the	O
plugin	O
Twick.it	B-Application
Tool	O
Tip	O
:	O
On	O
sites	O
which	O
installed	O
the	O
corresponding	O
JavaScript	B-Language
code	O
for	O
the	O
tooltips	O
,	O
the	O
definitions	O
of	O
Twick.it	B-Application
could	O
be	O
directly	O
accessed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
site	O
visitor	O
would	O
select	O
a	O
word	O
and	O
the	O
explanation	O
(	O
the	O
Twick.it	B-Application
community	O
has	O
chosen	O
as	O
the	O
most	O
relevant	O
)	O
of	O
the	O
selected	O
text	O
would	O
be	O
shown	O
as	O
mouseover	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
also	O
a	O
corresponding	O
plug-in	O
for	O
the	O
blogging	O
software	O
WordPress	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
collected	O
explanations	O
could	O
by	O
displayed	O
in	O
browsers	O
for	O
augmented	O
reality	O
,	O
as	O
Layar	B-General_Concept
,	O
junaio	B-General_Concept
and	O
Wikitude	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2010	O
,	O
Twick.it	B-Application
was	O
awarded	O
as	O
the	O
best	O
"	O
Augmented	O
Reality	O
World	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
category	O
"	O
Social	O
"	O
at	O
the	O
World	O
Cup	O
Wikitude	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
there	O
were	O
several	O
apps	O
to	O
look	O
up	O
explanations	O
on	O
mobile	O
phones	O
and	O
tablets	O
:	O
Twickdroid	O
(	O
Android	B-Application
)	O
,	O
Twick.it	B-Application
Mobile	O
(	O
iPhone	B-Device
)	O
,	O
Twick.it-2-go	O
(	O
iPhone	B-Device
)	O
and	O
Twick.it-2-goHD	O
(	O
iPad	B-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
