Definition

**What is a wiki?**
A wiki is a website that allows the visitors themselves to easily add, remove, and otherwise edit and change and link the available content.

"Wiki" comes from Hawaiian, meaning "quick."

Wikis are a way to write and collaborate in the 21st Century.

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 * //Discussion//:** How is a wiki different from a traditional website? From a blog? From a social networking site such as My Space or Facebook?