Wiki, website that can be modified or contributed to by users Wikis can be dated to 1995, when american computer programmer ward cunningham created a new collaborative technology for organizing information on websites. The software, whose name is based on a hawaiian term for quick, allows website visitors to contribute content to its pages and comment on and make changes to information posted by others A site using the software is referred to as a wiki. In 2003, economics phd student andrea ciffolilli argued that the low transaction costs of participating in a wiki created a catalyst for collaborative development, and that features such as allowing easy access to past versions of a page favored creative construction over creative destruction. Wikipedia uses collaborative software known as a wiki that facilitates the creation and development of articles
Although some highly publicized problems have called attention to wikipedia ’s editorial process, they have done little to dampen public use of the resource, which is one of the most visited sites on the internet. A wiki is a type of website that allows users to collaboratively edit its content and structure from within a web browser Most wiki sites are a collection of hyperlinked pages that serve as a knowledge base for an organization or online community. English wikipedia wikipedias in germanic languages encyclopedias in english global culture internet properties established in 2001 2001 establishments in the united states Wikipedia's name is a combination of two words, wiki and encyclopedia.[3] wikipedia was started on january 9, 2001, by jimmy wales and larry sanger as part of an earlier online encyclopedia named nupedia.
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