A wiki is a website that allows the creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor. Wikis are typically powered by wiki software and are often used collaboratively by multiple users. Examples include community websites, corporate intranets, knowledge management systems, and note services. The software can also be used for personal notetaking.
Wikis serve different purposes. Some permit control over different functions (levels of access). For example editing rights may permit changing, adding or removing material. Others may permit access without enforcing access control. Other rules can be imposed for organizing content.
Ward Cunningham, the developer of the first wiki software, WikiWikiWeb, originally described it as "the simplest online database that could possibly work.
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Wikis are indeed helpful, when it comes to knowledge management. Btw, did u you know that based on a study of more than 1,000 U.S. workers revealed that 42 percent of institutional knowledge is unique to the individual? That means, if that individual leaves or becomes unavailable, that’s 42 percent of that job unable to be fulfilled by others. (=> Source) Crazy, isn't it? And it clearly shows the importance of knowledge management.
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