Definition

Open source

adjective OH-pun sors

Originating from the software industry, it is a program whose source code is made freely available to anybody, allowing them to study, change and distribute the software to anyone for any purpose.

In a sentence

The wallet is open source, so anyone can inspect its published code.

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