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WIKI A wiki is a collection of Web pages designed to enable anyone with access to contribute or modify content, using a simplified markup language. Wikis are often used to create collaborativewebsites and to power community websites. The collaborative encyclopaedia Wikipedia is one of the best-known wikis. Wikis are used in business to provide intranet and knowledge management systems. Ward Cunningham, the developer of the first wiki software, WikiWikiWeb, originally described it as "the simplest online database that could possibly work.” "Wiki" (/wiːkiː/) is a Hawaiian word for "fast“."Wiki" can be expanded as "What I Know Is," but this is a backronym WikiWikiWeb was the first site to be called a wiki.[6]Ward Cunningham started developing WikiWikiWeb in 1994,
WIKI A wiki enables documents to be written collaboratively, in a simple markup language using a Web browser. A single page in a wiki website is referred to as a "wiki page", while the entire collection of pages, which are usually well interconnected by hyperlinks, is "the wiki". A wiki is essentially a database for creating, browsing, and searching through information. There are many different ways in which wikis have users edit the content. Ordinarily, the structure and formatting of wiki pages are specified with a simplified markup language, sometimes known as "wikitext". For example, starting a line of text with an asterisk ("*") is often used to enter it in a bulleted list. The style and syntax of wikitexts can vary greatly among wiki implementations, some of which also allow HTML tags.
WIKI
WIKI Links are created using a specific syntax, the so-called "link pattern" (also see CURIE). Originally, most wikis used CamelCase to name pages and create links. These are produced by capitalizing words in a phrase and removing the spaces between them (the word "CamelCase" is itself an example).
UNIVERSAL EDIT BUTTON
UNIVERSAL EDIT BUTTON The Universal Edit Button is a green pencil icon in the address bar of a web browser that indicates whether a web page (most often a wiki) is editable. It is similar to the orange "broadcast" RSS icon ("") that indicates that there is a web feed available. Clicking the icon opens the edit window. It was invented by a collaborative team of wiki enthusiasts, including Ward Cunningham, Jack Herrick, and many others. The concept was first conceived during the 2007  The Universal Editing Button (UEB) allows a web surfer to quickly recognize when a site — such as a wiki — may be edited.

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What is a Wiki? Brief History and Uses of this Collaborative Website Platform

  • 2. WIKI A wiki is a collection of Web pages designed to enable anyone with access to contribute or modify content, using a simplified markup language. Wikis are often used to create collaborativewebsites and to power community websites. The collaborative encyclopaedia Wikipedia is one of the best-known wikis. Wikis are used in business to provide intranet and knowledge management systems. Ward Cunningham, the developer of the first wiki software, WikiWikiWeb, originally described it as "the simplest online database that could possibly work.” "Wiki" (/wiːkiː/) is a Hawaiian word for "fast“."Wiki" can be expanded as "What I Know Is," but this is a backronym WikiWikiWeb was the first site to be called a wiki.[6]Ward Cunningham started developing WikiWikiWeb in 1994,
  • 3. WIKI A wiki enables documents to be written collaboratively, in a simple markup language using a Web browser. A single page in a wiki website is referred to as a "wiki page", while the entire collection of pages, which are usually well interconnected by hyperlinks, is "the wiki". A wiki is essentially a database for creating, browsing, and searching through information. There are many different ways in which wikis have users edit the content. Ordinarily, the structure and formatting of wiki pages are specified with a simplified markup language, sometimes known as "wikitext". For example, starting a line of text with an asterisk ("*") is often used to enter it in a bulleted list. The style and syntax of wikitexts can vary greatly among wiki implementations, some of which also allow HTML tags.
  • 5. WIKI Links are created using a specific syntax, the so-called "link pattern" (also see CURIE). Originally, most wikis used CamelCase to name pages and create links. These are produced by capitalizing words in a phrase and removing the spaces between them (the word "CamelCase" is itself an example).
  • 7. UNIVERSAL EDIT BUTTON The Universal Edit Button is a green pencil icon in the address bar of a web browser that indicates whether a web page (most often a wiki) is editable. It is similar to the orange "broadcast" RSS icon ("") that indicates that there is a web feed available. Clicking the icon opens the edit window. It was invented by a collaborative team of wiki enthusiasts, including Ward Cunningham, Jack Herrick, and many others. The concept was first conceived during the 2007 The Universal Editing Button (UEB) allows a web surfer to quickly recognize when a site — such as a wiki — may be edited.