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crowdsource

To generate or acquire something, such as information, content, or an answer to a question, by soliciting it from a large network of people, often via social media. The phrase is a combination of the words "crowd" and "outsource," meaning to transfer or delegate a task to someone else. You can find the answer to just about any technical question by crowdsourcing it online. We crowdsourced our logo—an artist from Chicago submitted the design we liked the best.

crowdsourcing

The act of generating or acquiring something, such as information, content, or an answer to a question, by soliciting it from a large network of people, often via social media. The phrase is a combination of the words "crowd" and "outsource," meaning to transfer or delegate a task to someone else. You can find the answer to just about any technical question through online crowdsourcing. We got our logo via crowdsourcing. An artist from Chicago submitted the design we liked the best.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • crowdsource
  • crowdsourcing
  • fund
  • crowdfund
  • get the hang of
  • get the hang of (something)
  • get the hang of something
  • have a lock on
  • have a lock on (someone or something)
  • solicit for
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The rise of digital transformation in India has pushed the adoption of Open Source both by the enterprises and the government.
Another is to bestow credibility on the unnamed source that is vague, exaggerated, non-existent or questionable.For example, "a source well versed with the goings-on in the Executive", used in the story questioned by Mr Amolo, is not specific enough.
The driving concept behind open source software is that the source code should be freely available for all to use, and if someone uses it to create new source code and a new application, that new source code should be freely available for others to use as well.
According to you, what are the benefits of deploying open source?
Support manufacturers that use True Source Certified honey in their products.
Agencies use source information to solve crimes and develop criminal cases.
Further, by 2011, open source will become the primary software for cloud-based (massive data centers connected to the Internet) providers.
The librarian made sure that the students understood that the purpose of using Tumitin in this class was not to "catch anyone", but to help them identify potential sources of plagiarism so that they could correct it.
The move toward using open source software may encounter resistance from some quarters, and there are a lot of myths in circulation.
It's easy to change all links to a source workbook.
Generation has been strong for all grades, and sources report that trend is likely to continue into the autumn months.
In "The State of Open Source Software," a March 2006 report from the Alliance for Higher Education Competitiveness (A-HEC, a technology research organization serving the university and college market), A-HEC founder Rob Abel wrote that two-thirds of chief information officers at institutions of higher education have considered or are actively considering using open-source technology.
Don't forget to list the source (URL) for each answer!
Sys-Con Media (Montvale, NJ), an internet and i-technology publisher, has begun the production of four new journal titles, including "Web 2.0 Journal," "Ajax Developer's Journal," "Enterprise Open Source Magazine" and "Eclipse Developer's Journal." All four titles will be published monthly.
Some have been sent to jail because they refused to identify a source.