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created: 20130825213500000 created: 20130825213500000
modified: 20141101111732959 modified: 20141121111732959
tags: Concepts tags: Concepts
title: Tiddlers title: Tiddlers
type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
Tiddlers are the fundamental units of information in TiddlyWiki. Tiddlers work best when they are as small as possible so that they can be reused by weaving them together different ways. Tiddlers are the fundamental units of information in TiddlyWiki. Tiddlers work best when they are as small as possible so that they can be reused by weaving them together in different ways.
Other systems have analogous concepts with confusingly generic names: like "items", "entries", "entities", "nodes" or "records". TiddlyWiki takes the view that it is preferable to be confusingly distinctive. A "tiddler" is an informal British word meaning a small fish, typically a stickleback or a minnow. Other systems have analogous concepts with generic names like "items", "entries", "entities", "nodes" or "records". TiddlyWiki takes the view that it is better to be confusingly distinctive than confusingly generic.
Internally, tiddlers are a list of uniquely named values called fields. The only field that is required is the `title` field, but useful tiddlers also have a `text` field, and some or all of the standard fields listed in TiddlerFields. Internally, tiddlers are a list of uniquely named values called fields. The only field that is required is the `title` field, but useful tiddlers also have a `text` field, and some or all of the standard fields listed in TiddlerFields.