open source en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈoʊpən ˌsɔɹs/ (US)
Etymology
Compound of open + source, coined by Christine Peterson in 1998 for software as an umbrella term to encompass existing concepts such as free software, freedomware, and sourceware.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The practice of providing open-source code for a product.
OpenSNP, a fourteen-year-old open source repository for genetic records, will shut down and delete all its data at the end of April.
2025 April 1, Thomas Claburn, “Genetic data repo OpenSNP to self-destruct before authoritarians weaponize it”, in The Register:
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(uncountable) Open-source software in general.
His contributions to open source are numerous.
- (uncountable) Information that is in the public domain and available to everybody.
Deriveds
Relateds
OSINT · open weights · open core · open-source
Translations (46)
pt código aberto (software) · pt código aberto (practice) · ja オープンソースソフトウェア (software) · ro software de open-source (software) · ca codi obert (practice) · cmn 開放原始碼軟體 /开放原始码软体 (software) · de Open Source (practice) · it open source (practice) · scn open source (software) · es código abierto (practice) · sv öppen källkod (practice) · scn còdici raputu (practice) · fr open source (software) · tr açık kaynak (software) · scn còdici raputu (software) · fr libre (software) · de Open-Source-Software (software) · fr source ouverte (software) · it codice aperto (practice) · scn open source (practice) · vi phần mềm nguồn mở (software) · sv open source (practice) · ta திறமூலம் (practice) · th โอเพนซอร์ส (practice) · el ανοικτός πηγαίος κώδικας (software) · es código abierto (software) · el ανοικτός κώδικας (practice) · it codice aperto (software) · cmn 開放原始碼 /开放原始码 (practice) · fr code source ouvert (practice) · tr açık kaynak yazılım (software) · ca codi font obert (practice) · el ανοικτός κώδικας (software) · nl open source (practice) · fi avoin lähdekoodi (practice) · it open source (software) · cmn 開源軟件 /开源软件 (software) · ro software de sursă deschisă (software) · ca codi obert (software) · ga foinse oscailte (practice) · ja オープンソース (practice) · ca codi font obert (software) · za haigoek (practice) · th โอเพนซอร์ส (software) · cmn 開源 /开源 (practice) · fi avoin lähdekoodi (software)