01-+What+are+Wikis?

= What are Wikis? =

In simple terms, it is a website that allows multiple people to contribute to the content.

The Wiktionary definition is: A [|collaborative] [|website] which can be directly [|edited] using only a web browser, often by anyone with access to it.

Perhaps the most famous it Wikipedia, which is an encyclopedia where the users make up the content.

The Wikipedia entry on Wikis and its history is here.