COMPUTER NETWORKING

Detailed explanation-1: -Wikipedia began with its first edit on 15 January 2001, two days after the domain was registered by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger.

Detailed explanation-2: -Wikipedia was launched on January 15, 2001, by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger. Sanger coined its name, as a portmanteau of “wiki” (the Hawaiian word for “quick) and “encyclopedia". Initially an English-language encyclopedia, versions of Wikipedia in other languages were quickly developed.

Detailed explanation-3: -Wikipedia, free Internet-based encyclopaedia, started in 2001, that operates under an open-source management style. It is overseen by the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation. Wikipedia uses a collaborative software known as wiki that facilitates the creation and development of articles.

Detailed explanation-4: -Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger co-founded Wikipedia as an offshoot of an earlier encyclopedia project, Nupedia, in January 2001.