What is Wiki

A Web site whose pages and content can be easily created and edited by users, within their Web browsers. An example of user-generated content that epitomizes the Web 2.0 movement and capitalizes on the “wisdom of crowds,” wikis operate on the principle of collaborative trust, as visitors are free not only to create new content as on a discussion board, but also to edit one another’s contributions. The name “wiki” is of Hawaiian origin, “wiki wiki” meaning “quick” or “informal,” a reference to the speed and ease with which wikis can be accessed and their content modified through any standard Web browser. The best-known wiki example is Wikipedia, a free content encyclopedia written collaboratively by volunteers that has grown to become one of the most popular sites on the Internet. See also Web 2.0, social software, user-generated content, wisdom of crowds, collective intelligence.

A universal definition of a wiki is that it is a webpage that can be changed easily by anyone. A web-based interface that has been developed to most fully encourage and ease collaboration. More than the collaboration of a web-based bulletin board, a wiki allows users to add, delete and edit pages in the environment to name just a few of the fundamental construction functions possible.

A Wiki is a software that allows users to collaboratively compose Web pages whose content is cross-referenced. One of the principles of the Wiki is that all users can actively create and edit the content in a continuous and open process which creates an ever-evolving whole.

It is one of the Web 2.0 technologies that functions as a web page. It provides work space for the users to share, contribute and edit their postings done online. It promotes synchronous communication and also serves as a Learning Management System.

Technology where users collaborate to create or edit content organized in pages on a given subject.

A series of Web pages that allows users to generate content, but also allows others (often unrestricted) to edit the content. A tool for online collaboration and without constraints of time.

Concept used to refer to web pages whose contents can be edited by multiple users through any browser.

A website that is constructed by the users/viewers. The audience makes contributions to the website, which may be moderated or reviewed by either an editorial team or other users.

Short for “wiki wiki” which means “rapidly” in the Hawaiian language is a website that allows users with access to collaboratively create, edit, link, and categorize the content of a website in real time covering a variety of reference material. Wikis have evolved from being purely a reference site into collaborative tools to run community websites, corporate intranets, knowledge management systems and educational sites.

Collaborative Web site. USC uses Confluence software to provide collaborative sites.

Collaborative Web site or software that allows users to post and modify information on given topics.

A universal definition is that a wiki is a Web page that can be easily changed by anyone. A Web-based interface that has been developed to most fully encourage and ease collaboration. More than the collaboration of a Web-based bulletin board, a wiki allows users to add, delete, and edit pages in the environment to name just a few of the fundamental construction functions in which they can participate.

A collaborative website whose content can be edited by anyone and everyone who has access to it.

A web-based platform that facilitates collaboration on the internet.

A wiki is a simple yet powerful Web-based collaborative- authoring (or content-management) system for creating and editing content. It lets anyone add a new article or revise an existing article through a Web browser. Users can also track changes made to an article. The term wiki is derived from the Hawaiian word wikiwiki, which means fast or quick. The user-generated online encyclopedia Wikipedia is a wiki. Wiki offers an elegant collaboration platform for collaborative authoring, project management, new product development, and more.

An environment enabling collaborative content creation using a Web browser. The history of actions is retained enabling restoration of previous content versions and recording of users’ contributions.

An information resource that is created by multiple authors who use Web browsers that interacts with wiki software.

A wiki is a Web-based content management system with an easy-to-understand interface that allows users to collaboratively manage and share information.

A Web-based application/platform for depositing and sharing information, allowing for convenient collaborative writing and document management.

A universal definition is that a wiki is a webpage that can be easily changed by anyone. A web-based interface that has been developed to most fully encourage and ease collaboration. More than the collaboration of a web-based bulletin board, a wiki allows users to add, delete and edit pages in the environment to name just a few of the fundamental construction functions possible

An Internet site that allows users to add and update content using their own Web browser. It is free, but can be inaccurate because almost anyone can update or edit the site .

Internet service based on HTTP and HTML providing “open editing” of Web pages with a Web browser. Hyperlinks between documents are supported with simple textual references. By default, everybody is allowed to edit all available pages.

A wiki is a website that uses wiki software, allowing the easy creation and editing of any number of interlinked Web pages, using a simplified markup language. Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites, to power community websites, for personal note taking, in corporate intranets, and in knowledge management systems.

A web page or collection of web pages that allow multiple users to co-author – access, add, delete, and edit content.

A collection of web pages that can be modified by others, typically using a simple markup language protocol.

An editable website that is accessed through web browsers.

A website that allows creating and editing a number of interlinked web pages that are intended for note taking or to serve as collaborative websites.

An Internet-based webpage (or collection of webpages) to which users can contribute comments or edits to proposed content.

A website that allows creating and editing a number of interlinked web pages that are intended for note taking or to serve as collaborative websites.

A Wiki is a collaboratively-edited Website that uses a software publishing tool. The distinguishing feature of wikis is that they typically allow all users to edit any page, with full freedom to edit, change and delete the work of previous authors. Collaborative knowledge creation is thus a central aspect of a wiki system. Wiki pages are accessible and usable at any time, and the content constantly evolves. The first wiki was created by Ward Cunningham, and the word “wiki” came from a phrase in Hawaiian—“wiki wiki”—which means “quick”. It’s quick because the process of editing is entwined with the process of reading. Both are done using a standard Web browser. Unlike most Websites, there’s no need to edit a file, upload it to a Web server, then reload the original to check it.

A type of website that allows collaborative editing of its content and structure by its users.

A digital page of information that can be viewed and altered by a number of users that all work on the same page. All informed can be updated or deleted at any time by participants.

A Wiki is Web-based software which allows all visitors of a Website to edit its content. This makes them easy-to-use, browser-operated platforms that enable collaborative work on text and hypertexts in the Internet based on (Ebersbach & Glaser, 2005).

A web-based program that allows easy creation and editing of any number of interlinked Web pages, using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor, within the browser. Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites, to power community websites, for personal note taking, in corporate intranets, and in knowledge management systems.

Acollaborative authoring website application that allows users to easily write, edit, and publish to the Internet.

A form of content development in which several authors contribute in development of a piece of content.

An adaptable, online writing space, whereby multiple writers can contribute to, develop, and revise the written forms apparent in the space, often in order to define and/or make meaning about a specific topic. A popular example is Wikipedia, which itself is a “wiki.”

A website that allows the easy creation and editing of interlinked web pages for online collaboration and sharing.

A collaboratively authored, linked, set of web pages

Wikis are site conglomerations on the Web which cannot just be read, but also directly edited online by its users over their browsers. This concept enables collaboratively compiled content

This is a Web-based environment designed to enable readers to become creators of content and editors of previous entries. Wikis are paradigm examples of Web 2.0 tools that are effectively used to design constructivist learning environments and engage learners in collaborative learning environments. Much like blogs, wikis integrate different types of media from audio to video files, which can be played on demand, as well as podcasts to vodcasts, which readers can subscribe to. Wikis can be an integrated part of a larger learning management system.

Wiki is an online server that allows viewers to create or edit entries. Wikipedia, an open encyclopedia that any viewers can edit entries, is a popular Wiki.

A website that people can use to explain a particular subject, but anyone can continue to add, delete, or revise the information.

Wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to freely create and edit web page content using any web browser.

A collaborative Web site enabling group sharing by provided mechanisms for content to be edited by users.

A web-based application that allows multiple users to create and edit content, which can include text, hypertext, audio, video, and more. Popular wiki tools and applications include SeedWiki, Wikipedia, and WetPaint

A wiki is software that allows users to easily create, edit, and link pages together. Unlike a blog, the end user can actually update the original authors information.

It is a Web 2.0 tool that allows one person or more people to build up a corpus of knowledge in a set of interlinked WebPages, using a process of creating, writing and editing pages.

Enables content to be written collaboratively using a simple Web browser that can be continually revised, corrected and expanded by its users.

A web-based application that allows multiple users to create and edit content, which can include text, hypertext, audio, video, and more. Popular wiki tools and applications include SeedWiki, Wikipedia, and WetPaint.

is a type of server software that enables users to create or alter the content of a web page.

An environment enabling collaborative content creation using a web browser. The history of actions is retained enabling restoration of previous content versions and recording of users’ contributions.

A web-based online tool through which any user can add, remove, or change content (i.e., there are no content owners).

“Wiki wiki” means “super fast” in the Hawaiian language. Wiki represents the speed of creating and updating pages that is one of the defining aspects of Wiki technology. Generally, there is no prior review before modifications are accepted, and most Wikis are open to the general public or at least to all persons who also have access to the Wiki server. A Wiki enables documents to be authored collectively in a simple markup language using a web browser (MoodleDocs, 2006).

A type of collaborative on-line software that allows for a site to have its content updated and edited by readers. Wikipedia is an example of such a site.

A Web application developed cooperatively by a community of users, allowing any user to add, delete, or modify information.

Wiki is the shortened form of wikiwikiweb and is derived from the Hawaiian expression “wiki wiki” meaning fast or quick. A wiki is essentially a collection of web pages connected by hyperlinks which can be edited via a simple browser interface.

An information website that is shared among users, who continually and collaboratively update and add to it. An important feature for education is that wikis track revision history, which allows students and teachers to view and discuss the processes of writing and knowledge building.

A group collaboration software tool based on Web server technology that can be used to facilitate collaborative knowledge creation and sharing.

A website that is constructed by the users/viewers. The audience makes contributions to the website, which may be moderated or reviewed by either an editorial team or other users.

Derived from the Hawaiian word meaning quick; collaborative and easy-to-use software for use in creating a web presence.

A collaborative online authoring technology wherein users can easily view, modify, update, delete, and share content in the form of Web pages, sometimes freely without a password or account registration. Such pages can also link to other online objects and resources

Web page(s) or content that can be easily and directly edited by Internet users

Internet service based on HTTP and HTML providing “open editing” of Web pages with a Web browser. Hyperlinks between documents are supported with simple textual references. By default, everybody is allowed to edit all available pages.

A Web application developed cooperatively by a community of users, allowing any user to add, delete, or modify information.

A collaborative authoring Web site whose content can be edited by anyone who has access to it. Wikis permit asynchronous communication and group collaboration across the Internet. Multiple authors can read, add, remove, edit, and contribute to wiki page contents. Its collaborative technology allows pages to be created and updated easily by non-technical authors. A wiki’s versioning capability can show the evolution of thought processes as contributors interact with content. Wiki can be used to support collaborative knowledge creation and sharing in an academic setting. Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia, is one of the best known wikis.

Software that provides the infrastructure for faculty and/or students to collaboratively develop and link Internet web pages. Each wiki has its unique characteristics, but most have tracking of individual effort and recovery of past versions.

An editable Website.

An Internet blackboard system where users collectively create a number of interlinked Web pages.

Wikis are open and cooperative authoring systems for websites which can be edited from every user equally. With that, they are a group product of several authors where content is gathered collectively

A Web site that is pre-structured to easy creation and modification.

Wiki is server software that allows anyone to freely create and edit, add or update content on a website through their Web browser. Wikis are created through the collaborative effort of visitors to the site. An example of a wiki is the open content online encyclopedia known as Wikipedia. Users of the Wikipedia website contribute to the development of the website by adding a new topic or editing existing content on the website.

A Web site that is pre-structured to easy creation and modification.

A resource-based Web application that supports collaborative creation of content.

A form of read/write technology that allows groups of users, many of whom are anonymous, to create, view, and edit Web pages.

A Web application developed cooperatively by a community of users, allowing any user to add, delete, or modify information.

A wiki is a website produced by several authors through a collective work. It allows authors to add, edit or remove contents.

A collaborative Web site where content can be edited by anyone who has access to it.

A server-based software application that freely supports the creation and editing of Web page content by users using any Web browser. In this online environment, users create hyperlinks by employing simple text syntax as well as linking internal pages and creating new ones. Wikipedia (http://wikipedia.org/) is a good example of how a Wiki can be used to support the creation and distribution of a multilingual free encyclopedia.

A web application, which allows collaborative modification, extension, or deletion of its content and structure.

a collaborative web editing environment for shared writing and browsing, allowing every reader to access and edit any page

A software platform which enables any user to create, edit and otherwise add to Web page. An example of peer-production.

A universal definition is that a wiki is a webpage that can be easily changed by anyone. A web-based interface that has been developed to most fully encourage and ease collaboration. More than the collaboration of a web-based bulletin board, a wiki allows users to add, delete and edit pages in the environment to name just a few of the fundamental construction functions possible.

Is usually a web application which allows people to add, modify, or delete content in a collaboration with others, in a easy way. Wikipedia is the most famous wiki on the public web (Wiki, n.d.).

A collaboratively edited website with a fast-edit understucture enabling various functionalities.

A wiki is Website that allows users with access to collaboratively create, edit, link, and categorize the content of a Website in real time covering a variety of reference material. Wikis have evolved from being purely a reference site into collaborative tools to run community Websites, corporate intranets, knowledge management systems and educational sites.

A wiki is a website which allows collaboration, modification or deletion of its contents and structure. It typically does not have an owner and the structure emerges according to the needs of the users.

Collaborative tool or technology offering a way for contribution and editing

A Web site that allows for easy creation and editing of Web pages

A Hawaiian word meaning “quick” used to refer to a collaborative authoring application developed on the Web, using a simple markup language.

Hawaiian for “quick”. A Web 2.0 tool that allows anyone to create a collaborative workspace on an easy-to-create website, uses WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get - easy editing) editing mechanism, collaborators can contribute to the space at anytime, from any place.

A Web application that allows users to create and edit content in a collaborative manner, usually for the purpose of forming a user-generated systematic set of knowledge, such as work process descriptions, manuals, or encyclopedias. A pioneer and currently the best-known example of this service is Wikipedia.

An expandable collection of interlinked web pages allowing anyone who accesses the page to add or modify its content.

A unique type of website that eliminates physical distance between the reader and the producers of the information.

A kind of website, easy to create and manage that allows more than one users to edit its content.

A Wiki is a set of interlinking web pages designed for anyone to easily contribute or modify content. They are very often used as the basis for a collaborative community or in business as an inexpensive intranet or knowledge repository. Wikipedia (www.Wikipedia.org) is among the best-known Wikis, popular for its community driven content that has become a fairly reliable collaborative encyclopedia.

A Website that allows users to add content as comments while preserving the original content. That content in-turn can be read and edited by other users.

Wikis are environments where users can edit and publish information on specific topics as a result of collaborative work.

A collaborative online software that allows readers to add and edit content.

A Web site or similar online resource that allows users to add and edit content collectively.

a collection of web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content, using a simplified markup language

A website where many authors can collaboratively add and edit content.

A collaborative website that provides a platform for users to contribute, edit, or remove content.

A user-centered Internet format that allows those with access to add, subtract, or edit content. A Wiki site looks like a web page and edits as a word processing document.

A Web site that allows the visitors themselves to easily add, remove, and otherwise edit and change some available content, sometimes without the need for registration. Wikis are online collaboration tools that allow multiple users to collaboratively create Web-based documents, while each version in the evolution of the final product is preserved; this allows participants to see the contribution of each person and the evolutionary stages of the product. These provide opportunities for all participants to engage in the creative process while being able to see the contributions and feedback for all parties. This focuses attention on the product produced collectively as well as opportunities to observe who contributed what piece or how the edits occurred because each edit is attributed to the contributor, with multiple versions kept on the site.

A website that permits collaborative editing of a document on the Web. A wiki is a collection of Web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content. When a revision to the content takes place, the revised version becomes the current version and an older version is archived. A wiki is different from a blog because the content of the Web page can be edited by its readers while blog content is written and posted by one person and then everyone else reads it and makes comments. One of the best known wikis is Wikipedia, a collaborative, online encyclopedia.

A classical wiki is a subtype of CMS without any publication workflow (creations are directly published, without any revision), without any role (every user of the system get the same rights) and with a strong version system (that guarantee that any data will be lost). Those kind of systems that allow a kind of collaboration where every user is equal to others (so modifications could be done in a fast and easy way), become popular with “wikipedia” that is also a good example of a wiki.y

A wiki is a Web-based content management system with an easy-to-understand interface that allows users to collaboratively manage and share information.

A collaborative environment where any user can contribute information, knowledge or embed rich media such as video, audio, or widget(s) (Adapted from Wikipedia and Wiktionary, 2006 AU46: The in-text citation "Wikipedia and Wiktionary, 2006" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. ).

A collaborative technology for organizing Web site information.

Derived from the Hawaiian word meaning “quick,” a wiki is a collaborative tool developed for the Internet in 1994 ( Augar, Raitman, & Zhou, 2006 ).

A Web site that allows the visitors themselves to easily add, remove, and otherwise edit and change some available content, sometimes without the need for registration. Wikis are online collaboration tools that allow multiple users to collaboratively create Web-based documents, while each version in the evolution of the final product is preserved; this allows participants to see the contribution of each person and the evolutionary stages of the product. These provide opportunities for all participants to engage in the creative process while being able to see the contributions and feedback for all parties. This focuses attention on the product produced collectively as well as opportunities to observe who contributed what piece or how the edits occurred because each edit is attributed to the contributor, with multiple versions kept on the site.

A website that can be edited by all those who have access

A software application that allows the creation and development of interlinked Web pages; any user can create new pages and edit existing pages. Wikis, therefore, are an effective tool for collaborative authoring, collective learning, and project-based work.

A wiki is a page or collection of Web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content, using a simplified markup language.

A collaborative Web site enabling group sharing by provided mechanisms for content to be edited by users.

A collaborative creation of a group based on an assignment. Each group member signs on and inputs his information which allows his peer group members to view it and make changes to the document.

A web-based content management system that fosters collaboration usually around the editing of documents.

A collaborative website in which anyone can freely create and edit content.

A collaborative web site whose content can be edited by visitors to the site, allowing users to easily create and edit web pages collaboratively.

A website or similar online resource which allows users to add and edit topic-based content collectively with simple formatting rules and without extensive knowledge of programming or HTML.