In an era where knowledge management technology is constantly emerging and evolving, some companies still rely on business wiki software to get their employees the information they need, exactly when they need it.

Founded by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger on January 15, 2001, Wikipedia is hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, an American nonprofit organization that employs a staff of over 700 people. Initially only available in English, editions in other languages have been developed.

Based in San Francisco, the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) is the organization that owns the domain wikipedia.org . The Foundation raises money, distributes grants, controls the servers, develops and deploys software, and does outreach to support Wikimedia projects, including the English Wikipedia.

"Wiki" is usually not a proper name and, when it is, it does not refer to Wikipedia. Please understand that "wiki" is a generic term that describes a type of website or software. The term "wiki" refers to a type of site patterned after C2 Wiki, the original site to use the term "wiki" (an abbreviation of WikiWikiWeb).