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What is a Wiki?

a technology for collaborative creation of internet and intranet pages
Wiki-Wiki is hawaii and means fast

Principles

Fast - fast editing, communicating and easy to learn
Open - everybody may read and edit everything
Uncomplicated - everything works in a standard browser
Easy - no HTML knowledge necessary, simply formatted text
Simple - Content over Form (content counts, not the super-pretty appearance)
Secure - every change is archived, nothing gets lost
Interlinked - Links between pages are easy to make
Flexible

Personal Information Management, Knowledgebases, Brainstorming
Collaboration, Coordination and Communication platform
Creating documentation and slide shows
etc...

For details see HelpForBeginners.