What's+a+Wiki?

= What in the world is a WIKI ? =

= = Wiki is a Hawaiian word that means fast. Wiki is sometimes thought to stand for "What I Know Is," but this is a "backronym". It was originally named by the creator of the process after the wiki-wiki shuttles he took from the Honolulu airport. A wiki is a page or series of pages used to allow multiple people to contribute and modify the content within the wiki. Wikipedia, a collaborative encyclopedia, is probably the most well-known example of a wiki.

A brief description of a wiki...

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Wikis can have certain pages that are locked, because organizers do not want the information modified. It will also have pages that allow every user to modify content at any time and on as many occasions as necessary. For example, a sandbox page is a page that will remain unlocked for the purpose of shared input and collaboration.

You will also notice there are tabs at the top of this page that include a discussion section where contents of the page can be discussed, people can ask questions, or chat. The history tab allows us to see who modified content and at what time it was changed.