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Open is a very broad term that may refer to a thing or a passage to something that is unobstructed, uncovered, blatantly obvious, or currently functional. For example, establishments that are taking customers will be referred to as 'open', and will often indicate this state through open signs.

The word 'open' can function as a noun, an adjective or a verb, to convey different aspects of the concept behind it. Open has countless uses across areas of human knowledge, and it can be used in mathematics when talking about an open problem, which is a well-defined problem with no solution currently known in science. In addition, it may also be employed in the phrases 'open set' and 'open map', both with applicability in mathematics.

In linguistics, an open vowel is a vowel sound that is obtained by positioning the tongue as far back as possible from the roof of the mouth, while in philosophy, the term openness describes a willingness to accept and integrate the morals, values and customs of others with your own. In physics, electronics and computer science, the term open is used to describe numerous instances and processes, such as 'open system', 'open circuit voltage' and, more commonly, 'open source' – with reference to software that is free, co-developed and improved by the entire community of users.

In computer science, the term 'open' describes a command line process that can be used to access a file, folder or URL in the graphic user interface, as if the user had utilized a mouse to double-click the item. In medicine, open surgery refers to a highly invasive procedure which penetrates the skin and enters a body cavity, and it can be opposed to minimally invasive surgery.

In sports, 'open' indicates a sporting event or tournament that is accessible to the entire public, regardless of the age, gender and training of the participants. In every day speech, open may be used to describe several ideas that are derived from the primary meaning for the term, such as 'open mind' (a term very similar to the philosophical idea of openness) and open education, when referring to educational institutions that do not have academic admission requirements, or relationships that are not restricted to just one partner.

You'll find bloggers talking about 'open' in terms of being in an open relationship of some kind at sites like goaskalice.columbia.edu and mays.tamu.edu.

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  • [Open] Wen Tong (CHN) – Tea Donguzashvili (RUS)


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  • Australian Open 2012: Azarenka was just better, admits Sharapova


    The Sport Review — Authority Authority: 132
    Maria Sharapova hailed Victoria Azarenka’s performance after the Belarusian claimed her first Grand Slam title with a crushing 6-3 6-0 victory in the Australian Open final. Sharapova was beaten in straight sets in a blistering one hour and 22 minutes by Azarenka, who was the runner-up at the 2011 WTA Tour ...
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  • Azarenka Beats Sharapova Won Australian Open women’s title


    I Am Sporticus — Authority Authority: 115
    Victoria Azarenka achieved a dream on Saturday as she defeated former champion Maria Sharapova 6—3, 6—0 for the Australian Open title and took over the WTA number one ranking. The third seed from Belarus denied the Russian her fourth Grand Slam title and second in Melbourne after a triumph in 2008.
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  • libburnia 1.2.0


    Open Source Pixels — Authority Authority: 138
    libburnia is a project comprised of libraries and binaries for reading, mastering, and writing optical discs. It provides libburn, a CD/DVD/BD burn library, libisofs, a manipulation library for ISO 9660 filesystems, and libisoburn, a ISO 9660 multi-session library. On top of them there is cdrskin, a cdrecord emulator, ...
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  • GNU xorriso 1.2.0


    Open Source Pixels — Authority Authority: 138
    GNU xorriso creates, loads, manipulates, and writes ISO 9660 filesystem images with Rock Ridge extensions. Files can be copied in and out. The session results get written to optical media or to filesystem objects. Rather than needing external tools for ISO 9660 production and CD/DVD/BD burning, it is a static ...
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  • Unicorn 4.2.0


    Open Source Pixels — Authority Authority: 138
    Unicorn is a Unix and LAN/localhost-optimized fork of the Mongrel HTTP server. It is takes full advantage of functionality exclusive to Unix-like operating systems. It will reap and restart workers that die from broken apps, and there is no need to manage multiple processes yourself. Load balancing is done entirely by ...
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  • MSS Code Factory 1.8.3091


    Open Source Pixels — Authority Authority: 138
    MSS Code Factory is a rule-based expert system for translating application models to source code. Release Notes: In tribute to IBM’s venerable 309x hardware, this release produces clean-compiling code for an exception-throwing approach that provides substantial performance improvements under heavy failure loads, ...
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  • Airtime 2.0


    Open Source Pixels — Authority Authority: 138
    Airtime lets you take total control of your radio station via the Web with intelligent archive management, powerful search, an easy playlist builder, a simple scheduling calendar, and rock-solid automated playout. Features include fades, cues, playlists, a programme calendar, Icecast, Shoutcast, and Soundcloud ...
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  • Saturday Open Thread


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  • Djokovic Versus Nadal – Head-to-Heads


    Tennis Panorama News - Tennis news, information, tournament coverage and features — Authority Authority: 429
    Tennis players Rafael Nadal (R) of Spain and Novak Djokovic of Serbia talk as they wear Colombian Vueltiao hats after an exhibition tennis match in Bogota March 21, 2011. Nadal won the game 2-0. REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez (COLOMBIA – Tags: SPORT TENNIS SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY)     Head-to-head: Nadal ...
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  • Azarenka No. 1, other rankings shift in WTA


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    The Associated Press The Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia ...
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  • Glory for Azarenka in Australia


    Sports & recreation - sports-rec.marc8.com — Authority Authority: 139
    Victoria Azarenka claimed her maiden grand slam title at the Australian Open on Saturday to leap to the top of the world rankings.
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  • Straight Sets: Azarenka Wins Australian Womens Title, Claims No. 1 Ranking


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    After a slow start against Maria Sharapova, Victoria Azarenka ran away with a 6-3, 6-0 victory in the Australian Open final.
    1 hour ago

  • Azarenka Wins Australian Womens Title, Claims No. 1 Ranking


    Straight Sets — Authority Authority: 517
    Victoria Azarenka defeated Maria Sharapova convincely, 6-3, 6-0 on Saturday to win the Australian Open and take over the womens No. 1 ranking.
    1 hour ago

  • IPXcore – $3.82 OpenVZ VPS 128MB in Phoenix


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    The company is almost a year old, and their servers are in Phoenix, Arizona. Their cheapest plan is $4.49 a month but if you use the coupon code “ CHEAPVPSDEALS “ is knocks out 15% lowering the amount to $3.82 for the life of your account(recurring)! I want to point out also, that their sales team was ...
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  • Azarenka rolls to Aussie title, ascends to No. 1


    State Gardienz — Authority Authority: 141
    Victoria Azarenka beat Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-0 Saturday night to win the Australian Open and take over the women’s No. 1 ranking, all in her first Grand Slam final.
    2 hours ago

  • Novak Djokovic outlasts Andy Murray to set Nadal clash


    Australian Open Tennis — Authority Authority: 99
    The match was much closer than many expected as Murray putting up an inspired performance led two sets to one and also several breakpoints in the fifth set before coming up just a little bit short. Novak Djokovic finally edged Andy Murray 6-3, 3-6, 6-7(4), 6-1, 7-5 in 4 hours and 50 minutes. Novak Djokovic to ...
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  • THE FIRST TIMES A CHARM: 15-Year-Old American Taylor Townsend Takes 2012 Australian Open Junior Girls Singles And Doubles Titles


    Black Tennis Pro's — Authority Authority: 92
    15-year-old American Taylor Townsend takes 2012 Australian Open Junior Girls Singles and Doubles TitlesIt’s not often you get to drop to the ground on Rod Laver Arena and shed tears of joy. It’s one of those once in a lifetime opportunities.But after 117 minutes in scorching heat on Rod Laver Arena, American ...
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  • Azarenka destroys Sharapova to win Australian Open


    Thaindian News — Authority Authority: 534
    Melbourne, Jan 28 (IANS) Victoria Azarenka of Belarus Saturday won her first Grand Slam, defeating Russian Maria Sharapova in straight sets in the Australian Open final here.The 6-3, 6-0 victory for Azarenka takes her to the No.1 spot in the WTA rankings replacing Dane Caroline Wozniacki, who lost to Belgian Kim ...
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  • Disturbing Bone Dislocation Photo


    Best Gore — Authority Authority: 123
    Today’s Best Gore is brought to you by Best Gore member piojorojo. I’ll let him describe the photo himself: This is the most disturbing bone dislocation I have ever seen I can’t imagine the pain. This picture was taken in the ER room in the town of Fundacion in Colombia. The guy was drunk driving his ...
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