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Definition of open-source adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

open-source

adjective

/ˌəʊpən ˈsɔːs/

/ˌəʊpən ˈsɔːrs/

(computing)

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used to describe software for which the original source code is made available to anyoneTopics Computersc2
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