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Source

The word source has more than one meaning:

• in nature: the Water-source, see well
• the point of origin of a river; usually at a spring
• in acoustics: the sound source, mostly as noise, but also as usefull music of an orchestra.
• Source code for software, see also Open source
• Supply-source for parts, see Primary source, Secondary source
• one of the terminals of a field-effect transistor (the others are the gate and drain terminals)
• A news source
• An informant
• A literature reference
• A communication source

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