This is a website that includes the collaboration of work from many different authors. A wiki site allows anyone to edit, delete, or modify the content on the web. (The first wiki creator named the site after a chain of buses in Hawaii; Wiki means "quick" in Hawaiian.)

Go to this site to see a more detailed definition (ie Wikipedia - the most famous wiki)

Nothing demonstrates the concept of a wiki better than just diving in. Here are a few explorations I’d encourage you to try:

• Go to Wikipedia and search a few topics that are near & dear to you. Topics might include a group, tv program or a song you know well.
• Read over each article. Look at the organization and note the writing style. This article was probably not written by a single person. Several people likely compiled it over months or years.
• Click the “History” tab to see past activity on the page.
• Click the “Edit this page” tab to open the page’s editing functions.
• Browse the source code to familiarize yourself with the text and format code of this particular wiki. Wikipedia was built on MediaWiki software. Other wiki platforms may use a different mark-up language.
• If you honestly have something to contribute, edit or add to the page and save it. That’s how wikis evolve: one reader/writer at a time.
• Within 24 hours, check your entry. Has it been changed, deleted or left alone? There is a good chance that it may have been deleted. If you add something new and useful it may be left alone.
• When you have done this make a comment about this questions: 1) What do you think about using Wikipedia as a source of information?

 (Adapted from: http://librarystream.wordpress.com/2007/12/17/learn-more-wikis/)

What Is a Wiki?

Jacob>>> a Wiki is an a piece of server software were you can log onto it and edit the page. Wikis support hyperlinks.

(Scott)

A wiki is software that allows you to create, edit and add links to selected sites. 

The most common wiki is wikipedia. Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites and to power community websites. Wikis are being installed by businesses to provide affordable and effective Intranets and for Knowledge Management. Ward Cunningham was developer of the first wiki.

James>> (park dawg)

 A wiki is a website that visitors can edit using their browser, also a website or similar online resource which allows users to add and edit content collectively.

(Daniel)

Wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to freely create and edit Web page content using any Web browser. Wiki supports hyperlinks and has a simple text syntax for creating new pages and crosslinks between internal pages on the fly.

(Myles)

A wiki is a piece of server software that allows people to dign into it and freely add there own information etc...wikis are also adapted to hyperlinks and allow them to be used on the wiki pages...wiki uses the simple concept "open editing".

-Michael-

A wiki is a website that is able to be added to and edited by lots of people. They are useful for easily fixing mistakes. You can add many things to a wiki to improve how it works, including scripts to fix errors. Something that a user posts or edits is put in the recent changes. One person can revert changes if needed. They can also be effective by using them to advertise businesses and used as school intranets.

(: !(-Jake-)! :)

A wiki is an interactive web page that can be edited to benifit the website this can be helpful for school assignments because you don't need to go to your blog when you can edit the page. And they can help you to fix mistakes because other people can notice your mistakes and to stop people destroying the page you have a history bar to turn the page back to it's former state before the edit.

Rob

A wiki is a useful website that could be used to share information. Wikipedia is a good example of a wiki.

Sacha- A wiki is a website that one person will start up and add information they know and then put it on the web for other people to see. When this person is finished going over this information they will add what they know of the subject. When this happens the wiki gets bigger and bigger. But to do this you would have to be invited or have Permission to add on or edit that information.