Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A collaborative website whose content can be edited by anyone who has access to it.
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- noun A
collaborative website which can be directlyedited merely using a web browser, often by anyone with access to it. - verb transitive To
research onWikipedia or some similar wiki. - verb intransitive To conduct research on a wiki.
- verb intransitive To
contribute to a wiki. - verb transitive To participate in the wiki-based production of.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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What happened to the nice PHPBB wiki (@wiki.phpbb.com) that looked like the ACP?
phpBB.com Marshalrusty 2010
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What happened to the nice PHPBB wiki (@wiki.phpbb.com) that looked like the ACP?
phpBB.com 2010
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According to Meredith Farkas, the word "wiki" comes from the Hawaiian word meaning "quick."
Wikis: Basics, Tools, & Strategies by Meredith Farkas ricklibrarian 2006
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According to Meredith Farkas, the word "wiki" comes from the Hawaiian word meaning "quick."
Archive 2006-10-01 ricklibrarian 2006
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The concept of "wiki" comes from the Hawaiian word for "quick" and is a fast way to cross-link information by using WikiWords, a mixed case word entered into an editor.
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The concept of "wiki" comes from the Hawaiian word for "quick" and is a fast way to cross-link information by using WikiWords, a mixed case word entered into an editor.
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Hence the term wiki--coined a decade ago by programmer Howard Cunningham--which means "hurry quick" in Hawaiian.
Entrepreneurs, Start Your Wikis Tom Taulli 2006
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If you're not familiar with the term wiki, here's a definition from Wikipedia, which is itself probably the highest profile wiki on the internet.
Peace, order and good government, eh?: July 2005 Archives 2005
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The term wiki means "quick" in Hawaiian, and wikis are all about quickly linking your information together.
Softpedia - Windows - All Softpedia Windows 2010
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The term wiki means "quick" in Hawaiian, and wikis are all about quickly linking your information together.
Softpedia - Windows - All Softpedia Mac OS 2010
allenfarquhar commented on the word wiki
A webpage that can be updated by anyone. From Hawaiian for "very fast".
December 3, 2006
johnca commented on the word wiki
A bunch of such pages, which can easily link to each other.
December 21, 2006
seanahan commented on the word wiki
In Hawaiian, it is doubled, as in "wiki wiki", and it is pronounced "wee-kee". Contrary to popular belief, not invented by Wikipedia.
December 22, 2006
inkhorn commented on the word wiki
"Contrary to popular belief, not invented by Wikipedia."
...or Will Smith
"Wiki wiki wild wild west"
December 22, 2006
ms.thoennes commented on the word wiki
A web site that can be easily edited by anyone with permission to do so without any special software beyond the editor's browser.
August 14, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word wiki
quick, see wiki wiki
January 3, 2009