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Source may refer to:
  • The Source (documentary)
    The Source (documentary)
    The Source is a 1999 documentary about the Beat Generation.It was directed by Chuck Workman, and features appearances by Johnny Depp, Dennis Hopper, and John Turturro....

    , a 1999 documentary movie about the Beat generation
  • The Source (film)
    The Source (film)
    The Source is a 2002 movie, directed by S. Lee Taylor. The story concerns four teenagers who obtain superhuman powers allowing them to control others.It released under the name The Source in the UK...

    , a 2002 science fiction movie, also known as The Secret Craft in the UK and The Surge for its American DVD release
  • The Source (Charmed)
    The Source (Charmed)
    The Source of All Evil is a fictional character on the WB television series Charmed, a demon who is the ruler of the underworld for the show's first 4 seasons...

    , the common abbreviated title
    Title
    A title is a prefix or suffix added to a person's name to signify either veneration, an official position or a professional or academic qualification. In some languages, titles may even be inserted between a first and last name...

     used as an everyday conversational 'use name' of a fictional evil being
    —more properly: "The Source of All Evil"— in the popular television series
    Charmed
    Charmed
    Charmed is an American television series that originally aired from October 7, 1998, until May 21, 2006, on The WB Television Network. The series was created in 1998 by writer Constance M...

  • The Source, a character in the short-lived 1978 US television sitcom Quark
    Quark (TV series)
    Quark is an American science fiction situation comedy starring Richard Benjamin that aired on NBC. The pilot first aired on May 7, 1977, and the series followed as a mid-season replacement in February 1978. The series was canceled in April 1978. Quark was created by Buck Henry, co-creator of the...

  • Highlander: The Source
    Highlander: The Source
    Highlander: The Source is the fifth installment of the Highlander film series, and the first film of a planned trilogy on SciFi Channel. Adrian Paul reprises his role as Duncan MacLeod from the television series and the fourth film, Highlander: Endgame...

    , the fifth film in the Highlander franchise

  • Source
    Source (ETP / ETF provider)
    Source Holdings Ltd., or simply Source, is a specialist European-based provider of Exchange Traded Products , including Exchange Traded Funds and Exchange Traded Commodities...

    , provider of Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) in Europe, including Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) through an open architecture platform.
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Source may refer to:

Film and television

  • The Source (documentary)
    The Source (documentary)
    The Source is a 1999 documentary about the Beat Generation.It was directed by Chuck Workman, and features appearances by Johnny Depp, Dennis Hopper, and John Turturro....

    , a 1999 documentary movie about the Beat generation
  • The Source (film)
    The Source (film)
    The Source is a 2002 movie, directed by S. Lee Taylor. The story concerns four teenagers who obtain superhuman powers allowing them to control others.It released under the name The Source in the UK...

    , a 2002 science fiction movie, also known as The Secret Craft in the UK and The Surge for its American DVD release
  • The Source (Charmed)
    The Source (Charmed)
    The Source of All Evil is a fictional character on the WB television series Charmed, a demon who is the ruler of the underworld for the show's first 4 seasons...

    , the common abbreviated title
    Title
    A title is a prefix or suffix added to a person's name to signify either veneration, an official position or a professional or academic qualification. In some languages, titles may even be inserted between a first and last name...

     used as an everyday conversational 'use name' of a fictional evil being
    —more properly: "The Source of All Evil"— in the popular television series
    Charmed
    Charmed
    Charmed is an American television series that originally aired from October 7, 1998, until May 21, 2006, on The WB Television Network. The series was created in 1998 by writer Constance M...

  • The Source, a character in the short-lived 1978 US television sitcom Quark
    Quark (TV series)
    Quark is an American science fiction situation comedy starring Richard Benjamin that aired on NBC. The pilot first aired on May 7, 1977, and the series followed as a mid-season replacement in February 1978. The series was canceled in April 1978. Quark was created by Buck Henry, co-creator of the...

  • Highlander: The Source
    Highlander: The Source
    Highlander: The Source is the fifth installment of the Highlander film series, and the first film of a planned trilogy on SciFi Channel. Adrian Paul reprises his role as Duncan MacLeod from the television series and the fourth film, Highlander: Endgame...

    , the fifth film in the Highlander franchise

Finance

  • Source
    Source (ETP / ETF provider)
    Source Holdings Ltd., or simply Source, is a specialist European-based provider of Exchange Traded Products , including Exchange Traded Funds and Exchange Traded Commodities...

    , provider of Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) in Europe, including Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) through an open architecture platform. Founded by Bank of America Merrill Lynch
    Bank of America
    Bank of America Corporation , based in Charlotte, North Carolina is one of the largest financial services companies, largest bank by assets, largest commercial bank by deposits and is the second largest by market capitalization in the United States. The company holds 12.2% of all U.S. deposits...

    , Goldman Sachs
    Goldman Sachs
    The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a bank holding company that engages in investment banking, securities services and investment management. Goldman Sachs was founded in 1869, and is headquartered in the Lower Manhattan area of New York City at 85 Broad Street and has its secondary office at 30...

     and Morgan Stanley
    Morgan Stanley
    Morgan Stanley is a global financial services provider headquartered in New York City, New York, United States. It serves a diversified group of corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals. Morgan Stanley also operates in 33 countries around the world with 600 offices, with...

    .

Information theory

  • Source theory, any process that generates successive messages can be considered a source of information

Law

  • Sources of international law
    Sources of international law
    Sources of international law are the materials and processes out of which the rules and principles regulating the international community are developed. They have been influenced by a range of political and legal theories...

    , the materials and processes out of which the rules and principles regulating the international community are developed
  • Sources of law
    Sources of law
    Sources of law are the materials and processes out of which law is developed. In modern nation states, the basic sources of law include a Constitution, statutes, case law, and regulations issued by government agencies. Sources of law for public international law and religious law differ, however,...

    , the materials and processes out of which law is developed

Media

  • Journalism sourcing
    Journalism sourcing
    In journalism, a source is a person, publication, or other record or document that gives information.-Overview:Examples of sources include official records, publications or broadcasts, officials in government or business, organizations or corporations, witnesses of crime, accidents or other events,...

    , a person, publication or other record or document that gives information
  • Sources (portal for journalists and writers), directory of expert contacts and media spokespersons
  • The Source (network)
    The Source (network)
    The Source was a radio network operated in the 1970s and 1980s by NBC, with newscasts and features focusing on 18- to 34-year-olds. The network was dissolved after NBC disbanded and sold its radio operations in 1988 to Westwood One....

    , a radio network operated in the 1970s and 1980s by NBC
  • WVUR-FM
    WVUR-FM
    WVUR-FM, The Source 95 is the student-run radio station of Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana. It broadcasts at 95.1 MHz FM.-Programming and promotion:The Source 95 is an entirely student operated variety station...

    , "The Source", Valparaiso University's student-run radio station
  • The Source (magazine)
    The Source (magazine)
    The Source is a United States-based, monthly full-color magazine covering hip-hop music, politics, and culture, founded in 1988. It is the world's second longest running rap periodical, behind United Kingdom-based publication Hip Hop Connection. The Source was founded as a newsletter in 1988. The...

    , a hip-hop/rap magazine

Music

  • The Source, a series of volumes by Graham Kendrick
    Graham Kendrick
    Graham Kendrick is a prolific British Christian singer-songwriter and worship leader. He was the son of a Baptist pastor. He now lives in Croydon and is a former member of Ichthus Christian Fellowship...

     that are compilations of Christian church music
  • The Source (album)
    The Source (album)
    The Source is the fourth studio album from Grandmaster Flash. It was re-issued in the US on CD for the first time in 2005 .-Track listing:#"Street Scene" - 3:06#"Style " - 3:57...

    , an album by Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
  • The Source, an album by Ali Farka Touré
    Ali Farka Touré
    Ali Ibrahim “Farka” Touré was a Malian singer and guitarist, and one of the African continent’s most internationally renowned musicians. His music is widely regarded as representing a point of intersection of traditional Malian music and its North American cousin, the blues...

  • The Source (musician)
    The Source (musician)
    The Source originally started out as an alias of unknown origin for Source Records's 1986 single release "You Got the Love" which featured Candi Staton. In 1989, DJ Eren, put Candi Staton's vocals over a track by Frankie Knuckles called "Your Love" which became a club hit. This was also released on...

    , the production identity of UK electronic music record producer John Truelove
  • The Source, a song by Built to Spill
    Built to Spill
    Built to Spill is an American indie rock band based in Boise, Idaho. The band has released seven full-length albums. Their most recent, There Is No Enemy, was released on October 6, 2009, and the band is currently touring the United States and Canada....

     from their 1994 album
    There's Nothing Wrong with Love
    There's Nothing Wrong with Love
    There's Nothing Wrong with Love was the second full-length album released by indie rock band Built to Spill. The line-up for the album was Doug Martsch, bassist Brett Nelson, and drummer Andy Capps. There's Nothing Wrong with Love was recorded in May and June 1994, and released September 13, 1994...

  • Source, an album released by the band The Duskfall
    The Duskfall
    The Duskfall was a Swedish melodic death metal band from Luleå, Sweden, formed in 1999. The band released four full-length studio albums and shortly afterwards disbanded in 2008.-History:...

     in 2003.

Organizations

  • Source Family, a commune outside of 1970's Hollywood
  • Source (UNSW), a community service provider that used to operate at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia
  • The Source (retailer), a Canadian electronics store

Print

  • Source (comics)
    Source (comics)
    The Source was a metaphysical concept created by writer/artist Jack Kirby for his Fourth World series of comic books. It first appeared in New Gods #1, .-History:...

    , a sentient entity who provides advice to the New Gods in the DC Multiverse
  • Source (magazine)
    Source (magazine)
    Source magazine is a free bi-monthly magazine published by the John Brown Group on behalf of Greenbee, John Lewis, and Waitrose, all three of which are owned by the John Lewis Partnership, with articles covering interior design, beauty, the arts, travel, finance, and lifestyle...

    , a bi-monthly magazine published by the John Lewis Partnership
    John Lewis Partnership
    The John Lewis Partnership is a major United Kingdom worker co-operative retailer which operates John Lewis department stores, Waitrose supermarkets and the direct services company Greenbee...

  • Source (photography magazine)
    Source (photography magazine)
    Source is a quarterly photography magazine published in Belfast. It is distributed throughout the UK, Ireland and internationally. It is the longest running photographic review in the UK since the closing of in 2001 and is comparable to other international photography titles such as Aperture in...

    , a quarterly photography magazine
  • The Source (magazine)
    The Source (magazine)
    The Source is a United States-based, monthly full-color magazine covering hip-hop music, politics, and culture, founded in 1988. It is the world's second longest running rap periodical, behind United Kingdom-based publication Hip Hop Connection. The Source was founded as a newsletter in 1988. The...

    , a magazine of hip-hop music and culture
  • The Source (novel)
    The Source (novel)
    The Source is a historical novel by James A. Michener, first published in 1965. It is a survey of the history of the Jewish people and the land of Israel from pre-monotheistic days to the birth of the modern State of Israel...

    , a 1965 novel by James A. Michener

Research

  • Source text
    Source text
    A source text is a text from which information or ideas are derived. In translation, a source text is the original text that is to be translated into another language.-Description:...

    , in research (especially in the humanities), a source of information referred to by citation
    • Primary source
      Primary source
      Primary source is a term used in a number of disciplines to describe source material that is closest to the person, information, period, or idea being studied....

      , firsthand written evidence of history made at the time of the event by someone who was present
    • Secondary source
      Secondary source
      In library and information science, historiography and other areas of scholarship, a secondary source is a document or recording that relates or discusses information originally presented elsewhere. A secondary source contrasts with a primary source, which is an original source of the information...

      , written accounts of history based upon the evidence from primary sources
    • Tertiary source
      Tertiary source
      In research, the term tertiary source is a relative term. What is considered tertiary depends on what is considered primary and secondary. A tertiary source may thus be understood as a selection, distillation, summary or compilation of primary sources, secondary sources, or both...

      , compilations based upon primary and secondary sources

Technology

  • Communication source
    Communication source
    A source or sender is one of the basic concepts of communication and information processing. Sources are objects which encode message data and transmit the information, via a channel, to one or more observers ....

  • Current source
    Current source
    A current source is an electrical or electronic device that delivers or absorbs electric current. A current source is the dual of a voltage source...

    , an electrical or electronic device that delivers or absorbs electric current
  • Energy sources, substances or processes with high concentrations of energy
  • Ion source
    Ion source
    An ion source is an electro-magnetic device that is used to create charged particles. These are used primarily within mass spectrometers, particle accelerators, ion implanters and ion engines.-Mass spectrometry :...

    , a device that produces ions for mass spectrometry
  • Light source, an object emitting light
  • The original copy (or name) of a computer file
    Computer file
    A computer file is a block of arbitrary information, or resource for storing information, which is available to a computer program and is usually based on some kind of durable storage. A file is durable in the sense that it remains available for programs to use after the current program has finished...

     that is being moved, copied or renamed.
  • Open source
    Open source
    Open source is an approach to the design, development, and distribution of software, offering practical accessibility to a software's source code. Some consider open source as one of various possible design approaches, while others consider it a critical strategic element of their operations...

    , a philosophy of dissemination of intellectual products
  • Point source
    Point source
    A point source is a localised relatively-small source of something.Point source may also refer to:*Point source , a localised source of pollution*Point mass, a point source of gravitational field...

    , a natural or anthropogenic discharge location producing unwanted materials into the environment
  • A SCSI
    SCSI
    Small Computer System Interface, or SCSI , is a set of standards for physically connecting and transferring data between computers and peripheral devices. The SCSI standards define commands, protocols, and electrical and optical interfaces...

     endpoint
  • Sound source, an object emitting sound
  • Source code
    Source code
    In computer science, source code is any collection of statements or declarations written in some human-readable computer programming language...

     for software
  • Source engine
    Source engine
    The Source engine is a 3D game engine developed by Valve Corporation. The engine supports Microsoft Windows , Xbox, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3.It debuted in June 2004 with Counter-Strike: Source and shortly thereafter Half-Life 2...

    , a proprietary game engine developed by Valve Software for Half-Life 2
  • Source (transistor) , terminal in a field effect transistor
    Field effect transistor
    The field-effect transistor relies on an electric field to control the shape and hence the conductivity of a channel of one type of charge carrier in a semiconductor material. FETs are sometimes called unipolar transistors to contrast their single-carrier-type operation with the dual-carrier-type...

  • The Source (online service), an online service provider founded in 1979
  • The Source (sculpture), an electronic moving sculpture at the London Stock Exchange
    London Stock Exchange
    The London Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located in London, United Kingdom. Founded in 1801, it is one of the largest stock exchanges in the world, with many overseas listings as well as British companies...

  • Voltage source
    Voltage source
    A voltage source is any device or system that produces an electromotive force between its terminals OR derives a secondary voltage from a primary source of the electromotive force. A primary voltage source can supply energy to a circuit while a secondary voltage source dissipates energy from a...

    , any device or system that produces an electromotive force between its terminals

Water and nature

  • Inflow (hydrology)
    Inflow (hydrology)
    In hydrology, the inflow of a body of water is the source of the water in the body of water. It can also refer to the average volume of incoming water in unit time. It is contrasted with outflow....

    , the source of the water in a lake
  • Source (river or stream)
    Source (river or stream)
    The source or headwaters of a river or stream is the place from which the water in the river or stream originates.-Definition:More specifically, a source is defined as the most distant point in the drainage basin from which water runs year-around, or, alternatively, the furthest point from which...

    , the original point from which the river flows
  • Source rock
    Source rock
    In petroleum geology, source rock refers to rocks from which hydrocarbons have been generated or are capable of being generated. They form one of the necessary elements of a working hydrocarbon system. They are organic rich sediments that may have been deposited in a variety of environments...

    s, rocks that have generated, or are capable of generating hydrocarbons

Games

  • Counter-Strike: Source
    Counter-Strike: Source
    Counter-Strike: Source is a first-person shooter video game developed by the Valve Corporation. It is a complete remake of Counter-Strike using the Source game engine. As in the original, Counter-Strike: Source pits a team of counter-terrorists against a team of terrorists in a series of rounds...

    , a complete remake of game Counter-Strike
  • Source (game engine), a game engine developed by Valve Corporation