WIKI | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of wiki in English

(Definition of wiki from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of wiki from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of wiki from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of wiki

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In our case, wiki contributors are of paramount importance as they actually create the content we use to blog about.
From Gizmodo
Sure, they could leave ugly comments and bad wiki edits, but that seems rather childish unless you're being targeted individually.
While wikis can be a good way for people to summarize discussions, they aren't ideal because users can't see what's already been summarized.
From Phys.Org
One of the most interesting observations of the recent growth in the adoption of wikis is that they demonstrate this exact process.
What follows is usually an excuse for why the speaker feels that a wiki isn't a worthwhile tool for collaboration in his or her environment.
A heroic wiki project to identify lost and orphaned films.
Solar panels of this genre, per wiki, now can reach 20% efficiency, and companies plan to have them for sale by 2017.
From Phys.Org
Every bug, task, line of code and wiki page is in the open for all to see.
From Wired
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Translations of wiki

in Chinese (Traditional)
維基(一種由線民自由添加、刪除、編輯、解釋詞條內容的網站)…
in Chinese (Simplified)
维基(一种由网民自由添加、删除、编辑、解释词条内容的网站)…
in Spanish
wiki…
in Portuguese
wiki…
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