Mediawiki

=Mediawiki= MediaWiki is free software designed for the collaborative construction of informational texts. This software allows readers to become co-authors of texts as ideas are shared, refined, exchanged, and expanded. That is, authors or visitors can add, remove, or edit available content. Designed to handle millions of hits per day, Mediawiki software allows for remarkable, innovative online collaborative authoring. Mediawiki software can be downloaded, redistributed to individuals or groups, and it can be modified for any specific purpose or use. This software is designed for individuals or large organizations.

=Wiki; Wikimedia; Mediawiki; Oh, My!= The following are terms defined in Mediawiki:


 * **Wiki** is a //generic// term which is used to describe a certain kind of collaborative website that can be edited by any user and/or visitor. For a history of wiki you can go [|here].
 * **Wikimedia** is the collective name for a group of inter-related projects, including [|Wikipedia], [|Wiktionary], [|Wikisource], [|Wikibooks], and others, which aim to use the collaborative power of the Internet, and the //wiki// concept, to create and share free knowledge of all kinds.
 * **Mediawiki** is the particular wiki engine developed for and used by Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects. It is freely available for others to use (and improve), and there are many copies in use by all sorts of projects around the world.

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