what kinds of technologies are available to ucls students?
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Wiki: A collaborative website which can be directly edited by anyone with access to it. Ward Cunningham, developer of the first wiki WikiWikiWeb, originally described it as “the simplest online database that could possibly work”. Wikipedia is one of the best-known wikis and is the source for many of the definitions in this glossary. A defining characteristic of wiki technology is the ease with which pages can be created and updated. Generally, there is no review before modifications are accepted. Many wikis are open to the general public without the need to register any user account. Sometimes session log-in is requested to acquire a “wiki-signature” cookie for autosigning edits. Many edits, however, can be made in real-time, and appear almost instantaneously online. This can lead to abuse of the system, but it can also lead to up-to-the minute information contributed by those who take ownership over a particular piece of knowledge. Wikis can be powerful tools for collaborating on projects and sharing information.
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