To be considered as open source software by the software development industry, certain criteria must be met: The program must be freely distributed (It can be part of a package that is sold though, such as Red Hat has done with Linux in the example below).
The term broad-spectrum antibiotic refers to an antibiotic that acts against a wide range of disease-causing bacteria. A broad-spectrum antibiotic acts against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, in contrast to a narrow-spectrum antibiotic, which is effective against specific families of bacteria. An example of a commonly used broad-spectrum antibiotic is ampicillin.
wide adjective [-er/-est only] (FAR FROM SIDE TO SIDE). âº âfar from one âside to the other, esp. in âcomparison with âlength from âtop to âbottom, or being a âparticular âdistance âacross: a wide âwindow a wide âyard The âbay is 15 âmiles wide here. âº Wide âopen âspaces are âland with no âbuildings on it.