Wiki
(noun)
- A website or database that allows users to add, modify, or delete its content via a web browser.
- A type of website that allows users to easily add and edit content, typically using a simplified markup language or a rich-text editor.
Origin:
Hawaiian word "wiki" meaning "quick" or "fast", coined by ward cunningham in 1994 as the name of a collaborative website software he created.
Examples:
- Wikipedia is the most well-known example of a wiki.
- The company's intranet is based on a wiki software, allowing employees to share and update information.
- The project used a wiki to document its progress and gather feedback from team members.
- The open-source community uses a wiki to track bugs and feature requests.
- The online encyclopedia is a wiki that anyone can edit.