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wiki

a website that allows collaborative editing of its content by users

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Where does the word "wiki" come from? It comes from Hawaiian wiki, and was adopted directly into English (1995).

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Where does the word "wiki" come from? It comes from Hawaiian wiki, and was adopted directly into English (1995).

Wiki’s story begins in Hawaiian: wiki meant “quick, fast.” Meaning "quick" or "fast". It reached English by 1995 as wiki. Adopted for quickly editable collaborative websites. Today, wiki means a website that allows collaborative editing of its content by users.

  1. Stage 1 · Hawaiian · ancient wiki "quick, fast", meaning "quick" or "fast".
  2. Stage 2 · English · 1995 wiki "a collaboratively editable website", adopted for quickly editable collaborative websites.

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