1. crowdsourcing - Noun
2. crowdsourcing - Verb
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
crowdsourcing
present participle of crowdsource
But even the experienced Maayan was surprised by the quick response to his new Hebrew-language Facebook group aimed at crowdsourcing information about the Austrian application process. Source: Internet
BillGuard’s proprietary transaction monitoring technology pioneered the use of crowdsourcing and big data analytics to help consumers detect the $8 billion in wrongful payment card charges missed by banks each year. Source: Internet
Ideas include providing simple and robust reporting tools for harmful online content or behaviour, crowdsourcing content classification, creating easier parental control tools, and education and awareness raising. Source: Internet
In an era of religious provocations, crowdsourcing, and invisible enemies, this enthralling story makes more sense than ever. Source: Internet
In a nutshell, Google security engineers are crowdsourcing development of fuzz testing integrations for ubiquitous open source projects and applying massive computing resources to find (and privately report) bugs in them. Source: Internet
Indiegogo is the second biggest crowdsourcing platform on the internet, and what makes them particularly distracting is the fact projects that are posted still get funded even if they don’t hit their goals. Source: Internet