wiki

[ wik-ee ]

/ ˈwɪk i /

(sometimes initial capital letter) a website that allows anyone to add, delete, or revise content by using a web browser.

Also called wiki engine, wiki application. the software used to create a wiki.

of, relating to, or being a wiki: wiki servers.

Origin of wiki

From the Hawaiian word wiki to hurry; quick, fast

In his version of the story, he then convinced Wales to try the wiki approach.

You Can Look It Up: The Wikipedia Story |Walter Isaacson |October 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
I had buzzed around the wiki flower for a while, and then pollinated the free-encyclopedia flower.

You Can Look It Up: The Wikipedia Story |Walter Isaacson |October 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The more I thought about it, without even having seen a wiki, the more it seemed obviously right.

You Can Look It Up: The Wikipedia Story |Walter Isaacson |October 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
There were wiki pages where users could jointly formulate and debate the rules.

You Can Look It Up: The Wikipedia Story |Walter Isaacson |October 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

When he asked what it meant, he was told that wiki was the Hawaiian word for quick, and wiki wiki meant superquick.

You Can Look It Up: The Wikipedia Story |Walter Isaacson |October 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

wiki

/ (ˈwɪkɪ) /

C20: from Hawaiian wiki-wiki quick, coined by Ward Cunningham (born 1949), US computer programmer who invented the concept