Usually means: Publicly accessible, modifiable software code.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word open-source:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. open-source: Merriam-Webster
  2. open-source: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. open-source: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. open-source: Vocabulary.com
  5. Open-Source, Open-source, open-source: Wordnik
  6. open-source: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. open-source: Wiktionary
  8. open-source: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. open-source: Dictionary.com
  10. Open-source: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. open-source: Rhymezone
  12. open-source: FreeDictionary.org
  13. open-source: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. open-source: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. open-source: Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary
  2. open-source: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. open-source: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. open-source: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (open-source)

adjective:  (software) Of or relating to software where the source code is freely available and licensed in a manner that permits modification and redistribution.
adjective:  (by extension) Describing any product whose composition or method of manufacturing is public knowledge and not proprietary.
adjective:  (espionage) Relying on publicly available information (open sources).
verb:  (transitive, computing) To release the source code of, so as to permit modification and redistribution.

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