what the heck is a wiki

[rnmcd]

Is it a blog for a group?

 

[desy]

kinda like a forum like anandtech but you can do some document mangement stuff.
A little more oomph

 

[Ausm]

Rhymes with dicky

Ausm

 

[AntiEverything]

http://www.wiki.org/

 

[SaltBoy]

http://www.wikipedia.org <-- Better than google if you want to learn about something

 

[rnmcd]

anyone have an example of wiki sites?

Are they more for fun than business?

 

[rnmcd]

^

 

[zerocool1]

wiki is for collaboration....kinda like sharepoint

 

[rnmcd]

so is it about as worthless as a blog?

 

[OulOat]

No, wiki are powerful document centers. Some software companies use it to assist communication between managers and developers.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

Originally posted by: SaltBoy
http://www.wikipedia.org <-- Better than google if you want to learn about something

i love wikipedia

never contributed though

 

[DaFinn]

It's a little bit like wifi, but completely different...

 

[BespinReactorShaft]

Etymology of "wiki" anyone?

 

[WannaFly]

i believe, in a wiki, anyone can modify the documents and it automatically saves history of what it was before the editing, etc. Document management.

 

[SP33Demon]

It's from the theme song of Beverly Hills Cop "wiki wiki wiki wiki!!!"

 

[booger711]

community editable webpage

 

[LaBang]

you have pm

 

[LaBang]

Etymology of Wiki

 

[Hyperblaze]

Very useful tool which helps keep communication flowing between employees and employers.

The group I am part of at work uses a wiki and we would be lost without it.

 

[backinsac]

Chewbacca of Star Wars fame was a wiki.

 

[Wahsapa]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki

A Wiki or wiki (pronounced "wicky" or "weekee", see pronunciation section below) is a website (or other hypertext document collection) that allows a user to add content, as on an Internet forum, but also allows that content to be edited by any other user.

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: rnmcd
anyone have an example of wiki sites?

Are they more for fun than business?

Amazon uses wiki for their documentation internal.

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: ming2020
Etymology of "wiki" anyone?

"Cunningham named the term wiki for the "wiki wiki" or "quick" shuttle buses at Honolulu Airport. Wiki wiki was the first Hawaiian term he learned on his first visit to the islands, when the airport counter agent directed him to take the wiki wiki bus between terminals. According to Cunningham, "I chose wiki-wiki as an alliterative substitute for quick and thereby avoided naming this stuff quick-web."

 

[hevnsnt]

what keeps the lamers out from just removing everything and putting up I PNWD YOUR A$$?

 

[Cristatus]

Of course, we can't forget that "aloha" in Samoan is "talofa".

frome the etymology of Wiki website