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open_source

open source

See also: opensource and open-source

English

Alternative forms

open-source (verb or adjective)

Noun

open source ‎(uncountable)

(computing) The practice of providing open-source code for a product.
(computing) Open-source software in general.
His contributions to open source are numerous.

Related terms

open-source

Translations

practice

Catalan: codi obert m, codi font obert m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 開源 (zh), 开源 (zh) ‎(kāiyuán) (Chinese mainland), 開放原始碼, 开放原始码 ‎(kāifàngyuánshǐmǎ) (Taiwan)
German: offene (de) Quelle (de) f or Quelloffenheit f

Greek: ανοικτός κώδικας m ‎(anoiktós kódikas)
Japanese: オープンソース (ja) ‎(ōpun sōsu)
Portuguese: código aberto m
Swedish: öppen källkod c, open source (sv)
Tamil: திறமூலம் (ta) ‎(tiṟamūlam)

software

Catalan: codi obert m, codi font obert m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 開源軟件, 开源软件 ‎(kāiyuán ruǎnjiàn) (Chinese mainland), 開放原始碼軟體, 开放原始码软体 ‎(kāifàngyuánshǐmǎ ruǎntǐ) (Taiwan)
Finnish: avoin lähdekoodi
French: libre (fr) m, f
German: offene (de) Quelle (de) f or Quelloffenheit f

Greek: ανοικτός κώδικας m ‎(anoiktós kódikas), ανοικτός πηγαίος κώδικας m ‎(anoiktós pigaíos kódikas)
Japanese: オープンソースソフトウェア ‎(ōpun sōsu sofutowhea)
Portuguese: código aberto m
Romanian: software de sursă deschisă, software de open-source
Turkish: açık kaynak yazılım

Verb

open source ‎(third-person singular simple present open sources, present participle open sourcing, simple past and past participle open sourced)

To make open-source.

Translations

the practice of providing open source code for a product

German: quelloffen (de) [for example: „quelloffene Hardware (de)“ or „quelloffener Film (de)“]

open-source software in general

German: quelloffen (de) [for example: „quelloffene Software (de)“ or „quelloffene Anwendung (de)“]