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Meaning of wiki in English
wiki
noun [ C ]
uk /ˈwɪk.i/ us /ˈwɪk.i/
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a website that allows users to add, delete (= get rid of), and edit (= change) the contents, or the
program that makes this possible:
Wikipedia is thought to be the world's largest wiki with more than 280,000 articles.
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wiki
noun [ C ]
us /ˈwɪk·i/
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a place on the Internet where anyone can add new information, or change information that is
already there:
However, staffers who need to regularly update content prefer a wiki because it is simple to use
and edit.
(Definition of wiki from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University
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wiki | Business English
wiki
noun [ C ] INTERNET
uk /ˈwɪki/ us
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a website that allows users to change, add to, or get rid of the information on the page. 'Wiki' is
used in the names of many websites that operate in this way, for example,Wikipedia™:
80% of the company's employees work from home, keeping in touch through an internal wiki.
A wiki is an effective tool for groups of writers working on the same project.
wiki software/technology
(Definition of wiki from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University
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Examples of wiki
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A wiki allows any user to edit any page.
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It would be not be a wiki nor would it attempt universality.
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A wiki engenders a community when it works correctly.
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There is a tendency to conflate the technological innovation (the wiki software) with the
teaching innovation (publishing an online collaborative book as an educational activity).
From the Cambridge English Corpus
If the medium is the message, the wiki message is monopolistic and will undoubtedly exhibit a
central tendency.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
The conference presentation is conceptually organized into three technology product
categories, and the resulting technology request for a wiki is expressed in terms of one of those
technology product categories.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
General purpose worldware like wiki software predominates in higher-education teaching
situations.
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On the one hand, the innovation lies in the use of wiki technology, and one might say that the
instructor has adopted the use of wiki software.
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Our wiki instructor has to name the innovation in order to talk about it, and to work with local
technical support providers to get the necessary software in place.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
Wiki software, on the other hand, is a kind of software that is quite flexible in its application,
and can be used to facilitate a very wide variety of activities.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
It describes the general tendencies observed on wikis and other on-line communities, for
example the life cycles of wikis and people's behavior on them.
From Wikipedia
The asynchronous nature of many forums (e.g. blogs, wikis), allows participants to be involved
at their own convenience.
From Wikipedia
The development of the fonts is done by many contributors, and is organized through a wiki
and a mailing list.
From Wikipedia
A wiki is essentially a database for creating, browsing, and searching through information.
From Wikipedia
Examples of such include wikis, blogs, online multiplayer games, and other types of social
platforms.
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These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples
do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University
Press or its licensors.
What is the pronunciation of wiki?
Translations of wiki
in Chinese (Traditional)
維基（一種由線民自由添加、刪除、編輯、解釋詞條內容的網站）…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
维基（一种由网民自由添加、删除、编辑、解释词条内容的网站）…
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