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wiki

[ wik-ee ]

noun

plural wikis.
  1. (sometimes initial capital letter) a website that allows users to add, delete, or revise content by using a web browser: Students who contribute to the class review wiki may earn extra credit points on their exams.

    The wiki has character descriptions and image galleries for every game in the franchise.

    Students who contribute to the class review wiki may earn extra credit points on their exams.

    Research and development team members should all have permission to edit the design wikis for all current projects.

  2. Also called wik·i en·gine,. the software used to create a wiki.


adjective

  1. of, relating to, or being a wiki:

    wiki servers.

wiki

/ ˈɪɪ /

noun

    1. a web application that allows anyone visiting a website to edit content on it
    2. ( as modifier )

      wiki technology

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wiki1

First recorded in 1990–95; shortening of WikiWikiWeb, a software program developed by Howard G. “Ward” Cunningham (born 1949), U.S. computer programmer; from Hawaiian wikiwiki “very quick,” emphatic reduplication of wiki “qܾ.” Cunningham coined the name WikiWikiWeb after recalling that a Honolulu International Airport counter employee advised him to take the Wiki Wiki Shuttle (a shuttle bus that runs between the terminals of the airport); his original idea was to make WikiWikiWeb's pages readily editable by its users and initially thought about calling his program QuickWeb but changed his mind and named it WikiWikiWeb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wiki1

C20: from Hawaiian wiki-wiki quick, coined by Ward Cunningham (born 1949), US computer programmer who invented the concept
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Example Sentences

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There’s no need to delay changes until some distant future print run; the whole point of a wiki is that you can always make an edit.

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In March this year, Leigh joined the crowded start line at Glasgow's SEC and came fifth in the woman's doubles category in her age group, with her friend Wiki.

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Leigh and Wiki are delighted to already have secured their tickets - and can't wait to start preparing.

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That leaves this frenzied backstage glimpse not nearly as absorbing, as if everyone were a hypertext link to their future Wiki page instead of talented people in a tense moment, ready to gamble on something new.

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The site’s current rule for sports notability reflects the change; instead of the old rule where an athlete was presumed eligible for a Wiki article if they “competed” in the Games, the presumption now applies only if they “won a medal.”

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