Definitions For Crowdsourcing

Verb

{{infl of, en, crowdsource, , ing-form}}

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

Related terms

crowdworker

Translations

Chinese: : Mandarin: 眾包 (zhòngbāo) Finnish: joukkoistus, joukkoistaminen, joukkouttaminen, talkoistaminen French: production participative, f, externalisation ouverte, f Indonesian: urun daya Malay: sumber khalayak Norwegian: crowdsourcing, m, f Persian: جمع‌سپاری (jam'-sepâri) Russian: краудсо́рсинг, m Spanish: crowdsourcing, m Welsh: torfoli

See also

lazyweb

Etymology

{{coinage + en + q87651943 + in=2006 + nobycat=1}}, see quotations. from crowd + sourcing, by analogy with {{m + en + outsourcing}}.