"Open source" means it is written in or related to a type of computer programming code that is available to the public.
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Open Source Shakespeare was created in 2003.
OS is an open-source operating system
LINUX and Unix OS is open-source operating system.....! but Windows version OS is not the open-source operating system....!
Having the source code open for anyone to edit or modify for free.
Open source means that the source code is available free of charge. That does not mean however that you have any other rights in connection to it. GNU GPL insures that a software is "Free" (as in Freedom), making sure that users not only have the right to see the source code, but modify it in any way they like it as long as they license the modifications under the GPL, too. See the link to Free Software vs. Open Source for more details.
It means the source code is publicly available.
Not necessarily. Google Chrome is based in an open source project called Chromium. Because of that, the code is pretty much open source. But that doesn't mean that Chrome itself is open source.
It depends on what you mean by "protection."
Open source means you can see the source code, you see how they did things and can learn from it. It doesn't mean you can edit it willy nilly and it is automatically distributed with your additions.
The source code (actual programming of the system) is available for download and modification. There is no license fee for open source software but it is usually managed by an oversight organization to guard against abuse.
Unix is not open source, it is proprietary. Linux is the open-source version of Unix.
An open source software is usually one where the code to the software is openly published and can be copied and changed freely without the need to pay. Therefore an open source SOA, or service-oriented architecture, is a completely free to use and distribute SOA.
The term open software means software that is available in open source code form. It is software that is free to be distributed to anyone who wants it.
Open Source Geospatial Foundation's motto is 'Your Open Source Compass'.
"Open-source" means that the source code of a program is available, and may be modified legally. Open-source programs often tend to be free of charge as well, but that's not what "open-source" means.
Microsoft word is a closed source word processorby open word processor I think you mean open source word processor. This means it's usually free, and if you know the programming language, you can download all the programming text typed to make the program and you can change it to suit you or to improve it for the world. One popular open source program is OpenOffice.org, which is a free open source version of Microsoft office
solaris is open source