Wiki

A wiki ( WICK-ee) is a form of hypertext publication on the internet which is collaboratively edited and managed by its audience directly through a web browser. A typical wiki contains multiple pages that can either be edited by the public or limited to use within an organization for maintaining its internal knowledge base. Its name derives from the first user-editable website called "WikiWikiWeb", with "wiki" being a Hawaiian word meaning "quick". Wikis are powered by wiki software, also known as wiki engines. Being a form of content management system, these differ from other web-based systems such as blog software or static site generators in that the content is created without any defined owner or leader. Wikis have little inherent structure, allowing one to emerge according to the needs of the users. Wiki engines usually allow content to be written using a lightweight markup language and sometimes edited with the help of a rich-text editor. There are dozens of different wiki engines in use, both standalone and part of other software, such as bug tracking systems. Some wiki engines are free and open-source, whereas others are proprietary. Some permit control over different functions (levels of access); for example, editing rights may permit changing, adding, or removing material. Others may permit access without enforcing access control. Further rules may be imposed to organize content. In addition to hosting user-authored content, wikis allow those users to interact, hold discussions, and collaborate. There are hundreds of thousands of wikis in use, both public and private, including wikis functioning as knowledge management resources, note-taking tools, community websites, and intranets. Ward Cunningham, the developer of the first wiki software, WikiWikiWeb, originally described wiki as "the simplest online database that could possibly work". "Wiki" (pronounced [wiki]) is a Hawaiian word meaning "quick". The online encyclopedia project Wikipedia is the most popular wiki-based website, as well being one of the internet's most popular websites, having been ranked consistently as such since at least 2007. Wikipedia is not a single wiki but rather a collection of hundreds of wikis, with each one pertaining to a specific language, making it the largest reference work of all time. The English-language Wikipedia has the largest collection of articles, standing at 7,019,003 as of July 2025.

Article title : Wiki
"website called "WikiWikiWeb", with "wiki" being a Hawaiian word meaning "quick". Wikis are powered by wiki software, also known as wiki engines. Being..."
Article title : Wiki Wiki
"Wiki Wiki can mean: The Wiki Wiki Shuttle - a shuttle in the Honolulu International Airport in Hawaii The phrase Wiki in Hawaiian WikiWiki - as a concept..."
Article title : Wiki (disambiguation)
"Look up wiki, Wiki, or wikiwiki in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A wiki (or wiki wiki) is a collaborative website. Wiki or wiki wiki may also refer..."
Article title : .wiki
".wiki is a top-level domain name. Its purpose is to denote websites that are wikis. It was proposed in ICANN's New generic top-level domain (gTLD) Program..."
Article title : WikiWikiWeb
"The name WikiWikiWeb originally also applied to the wiki software that operated the website, which was later renamed to "WikiBase". WikiWikiWeb is the..."
Article title : Wikimedia Foundation
"related open collaboration projects, and supports the development of MediaWiki, the wiki software which underpins them all. The foundation was established in..."
Article title : Wiki software
"Wiki software (also known as a wiki engine or a wiki application) is collaborative software that runs a wiki, which allows the users to create and collaboratively..."
Article title : MediaWiki
"MediaWiki is free and open-source wiki software originally developed by Magnus Manske for use on Wikipedia on January 25, 2002, and further improved by..."
Article title : English Wikipedia
"publications include the "WikiWorld" web comic, the Wikipedia Weekly podcast, and newsletters of specific WikiProjects like The Bugle from WikiProject Military..."
Article title : Wiktionary
"other features. It is collaboratively edited via a wiki. Its name is a portmanteau of the words wiki and dictionary. It is available in 196 languages and..."

website called "WikiWikiWeb", with "wiki" being a Hawaiian word meaning "quick". Wikis are powered by wiki software, also known as wiki engines. Being

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