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crowdsourcing

noun

Etymology

Coined by American journalist Jeff Howe in 2006, see quotations. From crowd + sourcing, by analogy with outsourcing.

Definitions

  1. The delegation of a task to a large diffuse group in order to introduce new or more…

    The delegation of a task to a large diffuse group in order to introduce new or more developed skill sets and improve efficiency. There is usually no substantial monetary compensation involved.

    • P&G is one of InnoCentive’s earliest and best customers, but the company works with other crowdsourcing networks as well.
    • While not a new phenomenon, crowdsourcing is really growing as a business trend.
    • Costs can be reduced by crowdsourcing more content.

  2. present participle and gerund of crowdsource

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for crowdsourcing. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA