crowdsourcing
English
Etymology
Coined by magazine writer Jeff Howe in 2006.[1] From crowd + sourcing, by analogy with outsourcing.
Noun
crowdsourcing (countable and uncountable, plural crowdsourcings)
- 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.
- Synonym: open outsourcing
- June 2006, Jeff Howe, “The Rise of Crowdsourcing”, in Wired Magazine:
- P&G is one of InnoCentive’s earliest and best customers, but the company works with other crowdsourcing networks as well.
- January 2007, Jessi Hempel, “Tapping the Wisdom of the Crowd”, in Business Week:
- While not a new phenomenon, crowdsourcing is really growing as a business trend.
- July 2007, Twisted, comp.lang.java.programmer:
- "Costs can be reduced by crowdsourcing more content."
Related terms
- crowdworker
Translations
delegation of a task
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Verb
crowdsourcing
- present participle of crowdsource
References
- Jeff Howe (2006-06-01), “The Rise of Crowdsourcing”, in Wired