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Wiktionary

  1. wikinoun

    A collaborative website which can be directly edited using only a web browser, often by anyone with access to it.

  2. wikiverb

    To research on Wikipedia or some similar wiki.

    To get an understanding of the topics, he quickly went online and wikied each one.

  3. wikiverb

    To conduct research on a wiki.

  4. wikiverb

    To contribute to a wiki.

  5. wikiverb

    To participate in the wiki-based production of.

Wikipedia

  1. Wiki

    A wiki ( (listen) WIK-ee) is an online hypertext publication collaboratively edited and managed by its own audience, using a web browser. A typical wiki contains multiple pages for the subjects or scope of the project, and could be either open to the public or limited to use within an organization for maintaining its internal knowledge base. Wikis are enabled by wiki software, otherwise known as wiki engines. A wiki engine, being a form of a content management system, differs from other web-based systems such as blog software, in that the content is created without any defined owner or leader, and wikis have little inherent structure, allowing structure to emerge according to the needs of the users. Wiki engines usually allow content to be written using a simplified markup language and sometimes edited with the help of a rich-text editor. There are dozens of different wiki engines in use, both standalone and part of other software, such as bug tracking systems. Some wiki engines are free and open-source, whereas others are proprietary. Some permit control over different functions (levels of access); for example, editing rights may permit changing, adding, or removing material. Others may permit access without enforcing access control. Other rules may be imposed to organize content. There are hundreds of thousands of wikis in use, both public and private, including wikis functioning as knowledge management resources, note-taking tools, community websites, and intranets. Ward Cunningham, the developer of the first wiki software, WikiWikiWeb, originally described wiki as "the simplest online database that could possibly work". "Wiki" (pronounced [wiki]) is a Hawaiian word meaning "quick".The online encyclopedia project Wikipedia is the most popular wiki-based website, and is one of the most widely viewed sites in the world, having been ranked in the top twenty since 2007. Wikipedia is not a single wiki but rather a collection of hundreds of wikis, with each one pertaining to a specific language. The English-language Wikipedia has the largest collection of articles: as of February 2020, it has over 6 million articles.

Wikidata

  1. Wiki

    A wiki is a website which allows people to add, modify, or delete the content via a web browser usually using a simplified markup language or a rich-text editor. Wikis use specialized wiki software and are usually created collaboratively. Wikis serve many different purposes, such as knowledge management and notetaking. Wikis can be community websites and intranets, for example. Some permit control over different functions. For example, editing rights may permit changing, adding or removing material. Others may permit access without enforcing access control. Other rules may also be imposed to organize content. Ward Cunningham, the developer of the first wiki software, WikiWikiWeb, originally described it as "the simplest online database that could possibly work". "Wiki" is a Hawaiian word meaning "fast" or "quick".

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of wiki in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of wiki in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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