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What is Twitter?: Twitter Week Day 1

One of the most difficult things to do in a Twitter guide is to define Twitter. That's because Twitter means different things to different people. At the heart of it – Twitter can be called a ‘micro blogging’ service under the umbrella of social networking tools centered around the basic question - ‘What are you doing?’ We'll begin our Twitter week with an attempt to answer the question 'What is Twitter?' We aim to make the meaning of twitter clear to the beginners and also to...

What is a Wiki?

Ever wondered what the 'Wiki' in Wikipedia stands for? Don't fret - We'll tell you! Wiki is a Hawaiian term for 'Quick' or 'Fast'. A Wiki is a page or a collection of pages which allows anyone, who accesses it, to contribute or modify it easily. It thus provides users with quick support to create and edit web pages and create hyperlinks and internal links in a web browser. A Wiki uses a simple markup language to enable instant creation and collaboration. Wikis are used in creating...