open-source

[ oh-puhn-sawrs, -sohrs ]

/ ˈoʊ pənˈsɔrs, -ˈsoʊrs /

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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.

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Mississippi’s nickname comes from the magnificent trees that grow there. What is it?

The Sunflower State

The Evergreen State

The Magnolia State

The Mockingbird State

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Words nearby open-source

open shop, open side, open-sided, open sight, open slather, open-source, open space, open-stack, open stance, open-standard, open stock

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Like many trans users, Transartist often gets used as a source of information more than anything else.
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According to a Yemeni intelligence source, Saïd met with the notorious U.S. preacher Anwar al Awlaki.
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When it became too crowded, they moved her into an open casket on the street.
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Jettison your lawyers as a source of prison-yard guidance, Abramoff said.
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She claims the FBI tried to enlist her as a cooperating source in their investigation.
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Then there was Wee Wo,—he was a little Chinese chap, and we used to send him down the chimneys to open front doors for us.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
Let them open their minds to us, let them put upon permanent record the significance of all their intrigues and manœuvres.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
The doors (Indian bungalows have hardly any windows, each door being half glass) were open front and back.
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It was close upon twelve o'clock, and the "Rooms" had been open to the public for two hours.
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The old earl's property, the source of his wealth, as from his title the reader will have shrewdly guessed, was in collieries.
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British Dictionary definitions for open-source

open source

noun

intellectual property, esp computer source code, that is made freely available to the general public by its creators
(as modifier)open source software Compare closed source

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Scientific definitions for open-source

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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