Meaning of wiki in English
(Definition of wiki from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
wiki | American Dictionary
a place on the Internet where anyone can add new information, or change information that is already there:
wiki | Business English
Examples of wiki
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A wiki allows any user to edit any page.
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It would be not be a wiki nor would it attempt universality.
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A wiki engenders a community when it works correctly.
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There is a tendency to conflate the technological innovation (the wiki software) with the teaching innovation (publishing an online collaborative book as an educational activity).
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If the medium is the message, the wiki message is monopolistic and will undoubtedly exhibit a central tendency.
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The conference presentation is conceptually organized into three technology product categories, and the resulting technology request for a wiki is expressed in terms of one of those technology product categories.
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General purpose worldware like wiki software predominates in higher-education teaching situations.
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On the one hand, the innovation lies in the use of wiki technology, and one might say that the instructor has adopted the use of wiki software.
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Our wiki instructor has to name the innovation in order to talk about it, and to work with local technical support providers to get the necessary software in place.
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Wiki software, on the other hand, is a kind of software that is quite flexible in its application, and can be used to facilitate a very wide variety of activities.
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It describes the general tendencies observed on wikis and other on-line communities, for example the life cycles of wikis and people's behavior on them.
The asynchronous nature of many forums (e.g. blogs, wikis), allows participants to be involved at their own convenience.
The development of the fonts is done by many contributors, and is organized through a wiki and a mailing list.
A wiki is essentially a database for creating, browsing, and searching through information.
Science 2.0 uses collaborative tools like wikis, blogs and video journals to share findings, raw data and nascent theories online.
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