Madeline Rosnick

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The Background Of Wikis

• By,
• Madeline Rosnick

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Background

• The name comes from the Hawaiian word for
  quick.
• The term is attributed to Ward Cunningham who
  aspired to create the simplest data base that
  would work.
• Cunningham also created WikiWikiWeb devoted to
  searching for easy patterns for better wikis.
• The first ever wiki site was created for the
  Portland Pattern Repository in 1995. That site
  now hosts tens of thousands of pages.
• In the early 2000s, wikis were increasingly
  adopted in enterprise as collaborative software.
• Scientists and engineers used wikis to create
  dynamic knowledge bases.
• Adapted as an instructional technology, they are
  now being used for a variety of collaborative
  varieties.
• Today some companies use wikis as their only
  collaborative software.