Today's post features a beautiful visual on the origins and meanings of the word "wiki". I thought you might be interested to discover some interesting facts behind the wide usage of this word in today's digital jargon.
While the Oxford English Dictionary defines the word Wiki as " a web page designed so that its content can be edited by anyone", the origins of this word go back to the Haiwian creole. For Hawains, wiki stands for "quick" and is used as the name of a shuttle between terminals at Hnolulu international airport. The landscape of the word wiki has also expanded to reach other areas such as "wikipedia","wikileaks", "wikisway" and many more. Read on to learn more about the different paths the word wiki travelled to get where it is now.
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