Source may refer to:
Film and television
- The Source (documentary), a 1999 documentary movie about the Beat generation
- The Source (film), a 2002 science fiction movie, also known as The Secret Craft in the UK and The Surge for its American DVD release
- The Source, the overarching entity in the machine city of the Matrix universe
- The Source (Charmed), a fictional evil being in the television series Charmed
- The Source, a character in the short-lived 1978 US television sitcom Quark
- Highlander: The Source, the fifth film in the Highlander franchise
Information theory
- Source theory, any process that generates successive messages can be considered a source of information
Law
- Sources of law, the materials and processes out of which law is developed
- Sources of international law, the materials and processes out of which the rules and principles regulating the international community are developed
Media
- Journalism sourcing, a person, publication or other record or document that gives information
- The Source (network), a radio network operated in the 1970s and 1980s by NBC
- WVUR-FM, "The Source", Valparaiso University's student-run radio station
Music
Organizations
Print
Religion
Research
- Source text, in research (especially in the humanities), a source of information referred to by citation
- Primary source, firsthand written evidence of history made at the time of the event by someone who was present
- Secondary source, written accounts of history based upon the evidence from primary sources
- Tertiary source, compilations based upon primary and secondary sources
Technology
- The Source (online service), an online service provider founded in 1979
- Source code for software, see also free software or open-source software
- A terminal in a field effect transistor
- Light source, an object emitting light
- Sound source, an object emitting sound
- Energy sources, are substances or processes with high concentrations of energy
- Voltage source, any device or system that produces an electromotive force between its terminals
- Current source, an electrical or electronic device that delivers or absorbs electric current
- Source engine, a proprietary game engine developed by Valve Software for Half-Life 2
- A SCSI endpoint
- Communication source
- The original copy (or name) of a computer file that is being moved, copied or renamed.
- Point source, a natural or anthropogenic discharge location producing unwanted materials into the environment
Water and nature
Games