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Wiki vs Doc - What's the difference?

wiki | doc |

As a proper noun wiki

is (proscribed) wikipedia.

As an initialism doc is

drug of choice.

wiki

English

(wikipedia wiki)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A collaborative website which can be directly edited merely by using a web browser, often by anyone with access to it.

    • Derived terms

    * interwiki

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To research on Wikipedia or some similar wiki.
    • To get an understanding of the topics, he quickly went online and wikied each one.
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  • * '>citation
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  • To conduct research on a wiki.
  • To contribute to a wiki.
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  • To participate in the wiki-based production of.
  • * '>citation

    • Derived terms

    * wikify * wikiholic * wikilink * The names of many wiki-based Web projects, e.g. Wikipedia, Wikisource, ), (WikiLeaks), (Wikibooks), (Wikimedia Foundation).

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    doc

    English

    Etymology 1

    From by shortening.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A doctor.

    • Etymology 2

    From (document) by shortening.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A document.
    • Usage notes
    In professional jargon, this word is used especially in the plural to refer to technical documentation or collected legal evidence: "I'm not sure about that. I'll have to check the docs ."

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