wiki
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(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.
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Also called wiki application. Also called wiki engine,. the software used to create a wiki.
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Etymology
Origin of wiki
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 “quick.” 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
Example Sentences
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Memory does not work like a recording device, they say, but 'more like a Wiki page' because details can be edited.
From Science Daily • May 1, 2024
Racing 92 responded with giant lock Cameron Wiki powering past Care to set up scrum-half Le Garrec for the first try, but Quins were soon level.
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2023
While the new AARoads Wiki is making progress, disputes have broken out among the rebel forces.
From Slate • Dec. 8, 2023
Al, you’ve done a lot of collab tapes, including one with Larry June and another with Mike and Wiki this year.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2023
Wiki sniped, somehow making her voice sneer—her favorite expression—because her face couldn’t.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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