Getting help from a large group of people to finish something faster.

In the context of social media, this is a process used by many social bookmarking sites where individuals are allowed to vote on news stories and articles to determine their value and relevancy within [..]

Crowdsourcing is the process of posing a question or problem to a large group of people to try to get to the best answer quickly.

Obtaining services or contributions from a large independent group of people (usually from an online community) rather than from traditional employees or suppliers.

Crowdsourcing describes the processes for sourcing a task or challenge to a broad, distributed set of contributors using the Web and social collaboration techniques. Crowdsourcing applications typical [..]

technique that enlists the public to assist with a specialized task.

technique that enlists the general public to assist with a specialized task.

Using information and articles provided free of charge by users.

Practice of obtaining services, ideas, or content by soliciting contributions from a large group of people, especially from the online community, rather than from traditional employees or suppliers.

Translation crowdsourcing is an open call to outsource a job to a large group of people who are generally unknown. In the translation industry this is the practice of obtaining translation services by soliciting translation work from a large group of people online. Crowdsourcing is used successfully to translate very large websites, such as social [..]

A variation on citizen journalism where you use intelligence from a large set of people reporting about an issue. For example, City-wise Foodstuff pricelist supplied by bloggers to be published on one [..]

The term refers to the outsourcing of tasks once performed by an employee or contractor to a large group of people. The community then collaborates online to accomplish a particular goal, such as anal [..]

Sending a task or problem out to be worked on by a largely undefined general population, as opposed to a specific group of people. On the Web, wikis are in effect "crowdsourced," as have been many other problems and projects. This form of mass collaboration is intended to tap hidden human resources.

the act of a company or institution taking a function once performed by employees and outsourcing it to an undefined (and generally large) network of people in the form of an open call.

blur was one of the original Crowdsourcing proponents and crowdsourcing continues to gain traction with many a social network effectively using the power of the crowd to test ideas, products and gain feedback.

outsourcing labor to users or customers. It saves the expense of hiring staff or contractors, and it gives the laborers a sense of belonging to the project, even if they don't benefit financially [..]

Using large groups of people to generate and refine ideas. (Wikipedia)

Social Media model for enabling public involvement and recruitment in participation. Use of Social Media to collect Feedback and recruit volunteer subjects.

Crowdsourcing is a process through which a task, problem or project is solved and completed through a group of unofficial and geographically dispersed participants. Crowdsourcing is a joint process de [..]

The act of submitting a task or problem to the public for completion or solution.

Collaboration between a group of people or community, through an open call or skype session.

Crowdsourcing means to harness the collective knowledge of a crowd to solve problems and complete tasks.

The process of attracting the community to assist in content, ideas or service for business goals. For example, some companies are looking for volunteers to translate their products.

A means of generating ideas, capital, content, or services by asking for contributions from a large group of people, typically through an online community.