Source

Source may refer to:

Research

• Historical document
• Historical source
• Source (intelligence) or sub source, typically a confidential provider of non open-source intelligence
• Source (journalism), a person, publication, publishing institute or other record or document that gives information
• Source document, a document in which data collected for a clinical trial is first recorded
• Source text, in research (especially in the humanities), a source of information referred to by citation
  • Primary source, a first-hand written evidence of history made at the time of the event by someone who was present
  • Secondary source, a written account of history based upon the evidence from primary sources
  • Tertiary source, a compilation based upon primary and secondary sources
• Sources (website), a directory of expert contacts and media spokespersons
• Open source, a philosophy of dissemination of intellectual products

Law

• Sources of international law, the materials and processes out of which the rules and principles regulating the international community are developed
• Sources of law, the materials and processes out of which law is developed

Mathematics and physics

• Source of a morphism
• Source, a point where the divergence of a vector field is positive
• Source of a representation, in finite group theory
• Source, a terminal in a field-effect transistor
• Current source, an electrical or electronic device that delivers or absorbs electric current
• Energy sources, substances or processes with high concentrations of energy
• Ion source, a device that creates atomic and molecular ions
• Light source, an object emitting light
• Point source, a single identifiable localised source of something
• Radioactive source, a known quantity of a radionuclide which emits ionizing radiation
• Sound source, an object emitting sound
• Voltage source, any device or system that produces an electromotive force between its terminals

Computing and technology

• Source (command), a UNIX command to execute commands from a file
• Communication source, objects which encode message data and transmit the information
• Source code, a file containing code for software written in a programming language
• Source theory, any process that generates successive messages in information theory
• Source (programming language), a family of sublanguages of JavaScript to support Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, JavaScript Adaptation
• The Source (online service), online service from 1978–1989.

Earth and life sciences

• Inflow (hydrology), the source of the water in a lake
• Source (hydrology), the original point from which a river or stream flows
• Source rocks, rocks that have generated, or are capable of generating hydrocarbons
• Source tissue, plant tissue serving as a source of nutrients; for example see Somatic embryogenesis

Art and entertainment

Fictional entities

• Source (comics), a sentient entity who provides advice to the New Gods in the DC Multiverse
• The Source (Charmed), a fictional character on the WB television series Charmed
• The Source, a character in the 1978 US television sitcom Quark

Films

• The Source (1918 film), 1918 American drama directed by George Melford
• The Source (1999 film), a 1999 documentary film about the Beat generation
• The Source (2002 film), a 2002 science fiction film, also known as The Secret Craft in the UK and The Surge for its American DVD release
• The Source (2011 film), a 2011 French film
• Highlander: The Source, the fifth film in the Highlander franchise

Games

• Source (game engine), a game engine developed by Valve
  • Source 2, the successor to Source
• Counter-Strike: Source, a 2004 complete remake of Counter-Strike using the Source game engine
• Day of Defeat: Source, a 2005 complete remake of Day of Defeat using the Source game engine

Literature

• The Source (novel), a 1965 novel by James A. Michener

Music

• The Source (musician), the production identity of UK electronic music record producer John Truelove
• The Source (band), a Norwegian jazz band
• Subsource (band), a British electronic music group
• The Source (Ali Farka Touré album), 1993 album by Ali Farka Touré
• The Source (Ayreon album), 2017 album by Arjen Anthony Lucassen's project Ayreon
• The Source (Dizzy Gillespie album), 1973 live album by Dizzy Gillespie
• The Source (Grandmaster Flash album), 1986 album by Grandmaster Flash
• The Source (Jackie McLean album), 1973 album by American saxophonist Jackie McLean
• The Source (Kendrick Scott album), 2007 album by jazz drummer Kendrick Scott
• The Source (Tony Allen album), 2017 album by drummer Tony Allen
• The Source, 1969 jazz album by Jimmy Scott
• The Source (oratorio), a 2014 oratorio by Ted Hearne
• "The Source", a song by Built to Spill from their 1994 album There's Nothing Wrong with Love
• Source (album), a 2020 album by Nubya Garcia, or the title song
• "Source", a song by Tycho from his 2016 album Epoch
• The Source (Kenny Barron album), 2023 album by jazz pianist Kenny Barron

Periodicals

• Source (lifestyle magazine), a bi-monthly magazine published by the John Lewis Partnership
• Source (photography magazine), a quarterly photography magazine
• The Source, a magazine of hip-hop music and culture
• The St. Thomas Source, a newspaper published in the United States Virgin Islands
• The Source (newspaper)
• The Source, a magazine of the International Water Association (IWA)

Radio

• The Source (network), a radio network operated in the 1970s and 1980s by NBC
• WVUR-FM or "The Source", Valparaiso University's student-run radio station

Television

• The Source with Kaitlan Collins, a show by CNN

Visual arts

• Source (1/3), public artwork by U.S. artist Tony Smith
• The Source (Etrog), public artwork by artist Sorel Etrog
• The Source (Ingres), an 1856 painting by Ingres
• The Source (sculpture), an electronic moving sculpture at the London Stock Exchange
• The Source (Courbet), an 1862 painting by French artist Gustav Courbet

Organizations

• Source (UNSW), a community service provider that used to operate at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia
• Source Family (1922–1975), a commune outside of 1970's Hollywood
• Source Vagabond Systems, an Israeli manufacturer using the brand "SOURCE"
• The Source (online service), an online service provider founded in 1979
• The Source (retailer), a Canadian electronics store

Places

• natural spring
• headwaters
• Les Sources (), Estrie, Quebec, Canada; a regional county municipality
• Des Sources station (), Montreal, Quebec, Canada; a light rail station
• Boulevard Des Sources (), Montreal, Quebec, Canada; a large street

Other uses

• Operation Source, a series of attacks on German warships in 1943
• Absolute (philosophy), or the source, as the absolute principle of being

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Source
• All pages with titles containing Source
• Begin (disambiguation)
• La Source (disambiguation)
• Source language (disambiguation)
• Sourceror (disambiguation)
• Sourcing (disambiguation)
• Start (disambiguation)
• Wikisource, an online library of free content textual sources