WikiCourse/BasicIntroduction/000 What is a Wiki?

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What is a Wiki?

• a technology for collaborative creation of internet and intranet pages
• Wiki-Wiki is hawaii and means fast

Principles

• Fast - fast editing, communicating and easy to learn
• Open - everybody may read and edit everything
• Uncomplicated - everything works in a standard browser
• Easy - no HTML knowledge necessary, simply formatted text
• Simple - Content over Form (content counts, not the super-pretty appearance)
• Secure - every change is archived, nothing gets lost
• Interlinked - Links between pages are easy to make
• Flexible
• Personal Information Management, Knowledgebases, Brainstorming
• Collaboration, Coordination and Communication platform
• Creating documentation and slide shows
• etc...