Have you ever asked yourself, what is a wiki?A wiki is a website in witch all the pages can be edited in a web browser, by anyone who is reading it. It uses a simplified language called WYSIWY text editor. You can add images to them, and different security preferences can be selected, from being a public wiki or a being private. the real meaning of "Wiki" is "fast" in Hawaian dialect. If you want to start your own wiki all you need is, in the first place a computer . Secondly, you need an sufficiently fast connection to internet , as wikis are web pages. Then creat a wiki for free in the internet and use your mind to write about anything you want. You can also register in any other wiki and write in that one, you don't have to create your own to write in a wiki. There are many different wikis, some heve are huge bases of information, some uncover corrupt governments or goverment secrets, some are simpple dictionaries some are simple comical. Here is a list of the most famous wikis; Wikipedia, Wikispaces, Wikileaks, Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikibooks, Wikisource, Wikispecies. Meny people are confused with the differences between a Wiki, a Blog, and a Social Network. Really, they all have differences. Blogs have a single author. It is the author who posts,others comment, it has a one-to-many content. Wikis have many different authors, they are edited by a group , tha are continuousy changing and growing rapidly, and they are a form of many-to-many communication. Finally, social networks are also one-to- many communication. People can comment on your profile, see your photos and comment them, and even chat with others.
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