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| − | [[Image:Basics.jpg|left|Basics.jpg]]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 pages within a wiki can and should be linked to other relevant pages within and/or outside the wiki. The collaborative encyclopedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia Wikipedia] is one of the best-known wikis. Wikis are used in business to provide intranet and knowledge management systems. Ward Cunningham, the developer of the first wiki software, WikiWikiWeb, originally described it as "the simplest online database that could possibly work". By the way, "wiki" is a Hawaiian word for "fast". However, '''"wiki" '''can also be expanded as'''"<span style="color: rgb(255,0,0)">W</span>hat <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0)">I</span> <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0)">K</span>now<span style="color: rgb(255,0,0)"> I</span>s..."''' but this is a backronym. | + | [[Image:Basics.jpg|left|Basics.jpg]]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 pages within a wiki can and should be linked to other relevant pages within and/or outside the wiki. The collaborative encyclopedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia Wikipedia] is one of the best-known wikis. Wikis are used in business to provide intranet and knowledge management systems. Ward Cunningham, the developer of the first wiki software, WikiWikiWeb, originally described it as "the simplest online database that could possibly work". By the way, "wiki" is a Hawaiian word for "fast". However, '''"wiki" '''can also be expanded as'''"<span style="color: rgb(255,0,0)">W</span>hat <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0)">I</span> <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0)">K</span>now<span style="color: rgb(255,0,0)"> I</span>s..."''' but this is a backronym. |
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| − | *[[What is Energypedia|What is Energypedia?]]
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| − | *[[What's a wiki|What's a Wiki]]
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| − | *[[Get inspired|Get inspired]]
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| − | *[[Sandbox|Sandbox]]
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| + | For more information about wikis and energydia, please browse through the pages displayd below. |
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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 pages within a wiki can and should be linked to other relevant pages within and/or outside the wiki. The collaborative encyclopedia
Wikipedia is one of the best-known wikis. Wikis are used in business to provide intranet and knowledge management systems. Ward Cunningham, the developer of the first wiki software, WikiWikiWeb, originally described it as "the simplest online database that could possibly work". By the way, "wiki" is a Hawaiian word for "fast". However,
"wiki" can also be expanded as
"What I Know Is..." but this is a backronym.
For more information about wikis and energydia, please browse through the pages displayd below.
Pages in category "Basics"
The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
