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A '''wiki''' is a web application which allows people to add, modify, or delete content in collaboration with others. In a typical wiki, text is written using a simplified markup language or a rich-text editor<ref>Also known as WYSIWYG, or "What You See Is What You Get"</ref>. While a wiki is a type of content management system, it differs from a [[blog]] or most other such systems in that the content is created without any defined owner or leader, and wikis have little implicit structure, allowing structure to emerge according to the needs of the users.
The encyclopedia project [[Wikipedia]] is the most popular wiki on the public web in terms of page views,<ref>[http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?TopTenWikiEngines Top Ten Wiki Engines]</ref> but there are many sites running many different kinds of wiki software. Wikis can serve many different purposes both public and private, including knowledge management
Ward Cunningham, the developer of the first wiki software, WikiWikiWeb, originally described it as "the simplest online database that could possibly work". "Wiki" (pronounced "witi" or "viti") is a [[Hawaii]]an word meaning "Quick".
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