Wiki's are a collaborative website where the public can submit information to be posted on the wiki. Wiki's are monitored / sensored. The information that ends up on them is assessed for 24hrs (in the case of wikipedia) before being posted. Wiki topics are ordered - much like a book would be. The information is linked to provide easy access to specific topic areas that are relevant to the user. A good wiki will contain many hyperlinks. The beauty of this is that it allows the user to follow their interests and gain access to a greater amount of knowledge in a much shorter space of time.
"Wiki's were designed to be the simplest online data base that could possibly work" Ward Cunningham - creator of the original Wiki program! Legend has it that the name Wiki was inspired by the name of the shuttle bus at the Honolulu Airport. "Wiki" is a Hawaiian word for "quick"!
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