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open-source
[ oh-puhn-sawrs, -sohrs ]
adjective
- Computers. pertaining to or denoting software whose source code is available free of charge to the public to use, copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute.
- pertaining to or denoting a product or system whose origins, formula, design, etc., are freely accessible to the public.
open source
noun
- intellectual property, esp computer source code, that is made freely available to the general public by its creators
- ( as modifier ) Compare closed source
open source software
open-source
- Relating to source code that is available to the public without charge. Open-source code is often enhanced, improved, and adapted for specific purposes by interested programmers, with the revised versions of the code are made available to the public. For example, most of the code in the Linux operating system is open-source.
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Example Sentences
Moreover, open source design adds an even more complicated spin on this debate.
When any design is created, shared and improved freely amongst all, it is open source.
Consequently, there were soon scores of wiki sites as well as open-source improvements to his software.
Eliot focuses on the weapons used in the conflict in Syria, and open source investigations tools and techniques.
Nor did Microsoft transform its proprietary operating system into open-source code.
Art draws its inspirations from these profound sources, as well as from the ever open source of nature.
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