wiki

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/ ˈwɪk i /

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noun, plural wik·is.

(sometimes initial capital letter) a website that allows users to add, delete, or revise content by using a web browser: 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.

Also called wik·i en·gine, wik·i ap·pli·ca·tion . the software used to create a wiki.

adjective

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

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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

Words nearby wiki

wig out, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, wigwag, wigwam, wiki, WikiLeaked, wikitorial, wikiup, wiki weapon, Wilberforce

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How to use wiki in a sentence

It’s a very broad search, so Google will try to guess the intent and offer different answers on the first page, from travel articles to institutional websites or wiki entries.
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While it is likely that much of the traffic for potential contextual links would go to reference sites like Wikipedia, it is also the case that not every niche term or topic will have a wiki page.
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In fact, I’m stealing some of the Oedilfers’ stuff right off their wiki.
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If someone can’t say the QAnon conspiracy theory is true on the topic’s main article, they might find ways to sprinkle its misinformation into lesser-trafficked wikis.
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In his version of the story, he then convinced Wales to try the wiki approach.
You Can Look It Up: The Wikipedia Story|Walter Isaacson|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I had buzzed around the wiki flower for a while, and then pollinated the free-encyclopedia flower.
You Can Look It Up: The Wikipedia Story|Walter Isaacson|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There were wiki pages where users could jointly formulate and debate the rules.
You Can Look It Up: The Wikipedia Story|Walter Isaacson|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When he asked what it meant, he was told that wiki was the Hawaiian word for quick, and wiki wiki meant superquick.
You Can Look It Up: The Wikipedia Story|Walter Isaacson|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But in this case a very non-wiki-like dispute erupted over who deserved the most credit.
You Can Look It Up: The Wikipedia Story|Walter Isaacson|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He pulled out the fuses—which the Maoris called wiki, or wicks—and emptied the precious powder into flasks.
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British Dictionary definitions for wiki

wiki

/ (ˈwɪkɪ) /

noun

a web application that allows anyone visiting a website to edit content on it
(as modifier)wiki technology

Word Origin for wiki

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

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