Source
Source
Tony Hart
The word <b>source</b> has more than one meaning:<h2 style="margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa; font-size: 150%;">Information</h2><ul><li> <i>Source Edit</i>: A software program for developers in which you can edit your source code regardless of the computer language. <li> in <a href="RE/Search">research</a>: a source of <a href="Information">Information</a> referred to by <a href="Citation">Citation</a> (see <a href="Primary source">Primary source</a>, <a href="Secondary source">secondary source</a>, <a href="Tertiary source">Tertiary source</a>, or outside source) <li> An <a href="Informant">Informant</a> </ul><h2 style="margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa; font-size: 150%;">Sciences</h2><ul> <li> an area of positive <a href="Divergence">Divergence</a>, or more generally, including a negative source or <a href="Sink">Sink</a>, an area of non-zero divergence <li> one of the terminals of a <a href="Field effect transistor">field-effect transistor</a> (the others are the gate and drain terminals) <li> in nature: the <a href="Water">Water</a>-source, see <a href="WELL">WELL</a> <li> the <b><a href="Source (river or stream)">source</a></b> of a <a href="River">River</a> or <a href="Stream">Stream</a>, usually a <a href="Lake">Lake</a>, a <a href="Spring (water)">spring</a> or headwaters. <li> in <a href="Acoustics">Acoustics</a>: the sound source, mostly as <a href="Sound">noise</a>, but also as useful <a href="Music">Music</a> of an <a href="Orchestra">Orchestra</a>. <li> <a href="Source code">Source code</a> for <a href="Computer software">software</a>, see also <a href="Free software">Free software</a> or <a href="Open-source software">Open-source software</a> </ul><h2 style="margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa; font-size: 150%;">Computers</h2><ul> <li> Short for <a href="Source code">Source code</a> <li> The <a href="Source engine">Source engine</a>: the name of the proprietary <a href="Game engine">Game engine</a> developed by <a href="Valve Corporation">Valve Software</a> for <i><a href="Half-Life 2">Half-Life 2</a></i> <li> A <a href="SCSI">SCSI</a> endpoint <li> Short name used by PC gamers for the version of <i><a href="Counter-Strike">Counter-Strike</a></i> utilizing the <a href="Source engine">Source engine</a>, a packaged part of the computer game, <i>Half-Life 2</i>. </ul><h2 style="margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa; font-size: 150%;">Media and entertainment</h2><ul> <li> A <a href="Journalism sourcing">news source</a> <li> A <a href="Communication source">Communication source</a> </ul><h2 style="margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa; font-size: 150%;">See also</h2><ul> <li> <a href="The Source">The Source</a> </ul> <hr style="height: 1px; color: #aaaaaa; background-color: #aaaaaa; border: 0; margin: 0.2em 0 0.2em 0;">