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A wiki is a page or collection of Web
pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify
content, using a simplified markup language. Wikis are often used to create collaborative
websites and to power community websites. The collaborative encyclopedia Wikipedia
is one of the best-known wikis. Wikis are used in business to provide intranets
and Knowledge Management systems.

Ward Cunningham, developer of the first wiki
software, WikiWikiWeb, originally described it as "the simplest online
database that could possibly work".

"Wiki" is originally a Hawaiian word
for "fast".