Wiki is the funny name given to a hyper-text document web server. An original and important feature of the “Wiki” was the automatic conversion of _WikiWords (camel-case multi-words) into links within the site. This allows we - authors - the luxury of creating and using hyperlinks in their native habitat, building up a compendium of cross-linked documentation.

The first wiki - WikiWikiWeb was created by esteemed engineer Ward Cunningham