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Government Open Code Collaborative or Government Open Code Collaborative Repository was an initiative for best practice exchange among government agencies
Government Open Code Collaborative
Government_Open_Code_Collaborative
Freely accessible creation and refinement of computer programs
developerWorks Free and open-source software portal Business models for open-source software Government Open Code Collaborative Open-source software security
Open-source software development
Open-source_software_development
Open collaboration movement supporting open-source licenses
modify, and redistribute open-source code. Modifications are typically shared with the broader community, creating a collaborative development process where
Open-source_software_movement
Software licensed to ensure source code usage rights
software and its source code to anyone and for any purpose. Open-source software may be developed in a collaborative, public manner. Open-source software is
Open-source_software
Source code made freely available
Open source typically refers to software whose source code is made available, enabling use, modification, and redistribution. It is primarily associated
Open_source
Concept of open-source software applied to AI
includes datasets used to train the model, its code, and model parameters, promoting a collaborative and transparent approach to AI development so someone
Open-source artificial intelligence
Open-source_artificial_intelligence
School of thought advocating free access to lawmaking for the people
those other entities. Open-source governance differs from previous open-government initiatives in its broader emphasis on collaborative processes. After all
Open-source_governance
Practice of sharing state documents and proceedings publicly and reusably
Open government is the governing doctrine which maintains that citizens have the right to access the documents and proceedings of the government to allow
Open_government
Online office suite based on LibreOffice
Collabora Online Development Edition (CODE). Poortvliet, Jos (2 November 2016). "CODE 2.0 Introduces Collaborative Editing of Office Documents in Nextcloud"
Collabora_Online
Freely licensed software with open code
those rights using the software's source code. FOSS is an inclusive umbrella term encompassing free software and open-source software. The rights guaranteed
Free_and_open-source_software
Nonprofit organisation for mapping
The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo), is a non-profit non-governmental organization whose mission is to support and promote the collaborative development
Open Source Geospatial Foundation
Open_Source_Geospatial_Foundation
promotion of Open source software in public institutions. To this end, ZenDiS operates the collaborative development platform openCode and the online
ZenDiS
Standards organization
Program also runs code sprints, which are short term events for increasing interoperability among vendors' products. The Collaborative Solutions and Innovation
Open_Geospatial_Consortium
Free and open-source productivity software suite
(software) LiMux List of collaborative software List of office suites Fischer, René (20 October 2024). "openDesk 1.0 is here!". OpenDesk. Retrieved 25 January
OpenDesk
Act of working together
Project was a collaborative project during World War II among the Allies that developed the first atomic bomb. It was a collaborative effort by the United
Collaboration
American Software Company
open-source, vendor-neutral software within Nvidia’s AI and high-performance computing software ecosystem. Slurm began development as a collaborative
SchedMD
American artificial intelligence company
announced GPT-5.2. In early 2026, reports indicated that OpenAI was working on a collaborative software development platform designed to compete with services
OpenAI
Software development collaboration platform
and open-source software portal Collaborative innovation network Collaborative intelligence Commons-based peer production Comparison of source code hosting
GitHub
Event in which groups of software developers work at an accelerated pace
hacking and marathon) is an event where people engage in rapid and collaborative engineering over a relatively short period of time, such as 24 or 48
Hackathon
Practice that uses internet platforms to promote communication within virtual teams
A collaborative innovation network (CoIN) is a collaborative innovation practice that uses internet platforms to promote communication and innovation within
Collaborative innovation network
Collaborative_innovation_network
agency of the federal government must be released as open-source software (OSS). In addition, the policy requires that all source code be shared between agencies
Adoption of free and open-source software by public institutions
Adoption_of_free_and_open-source_software_by_public_institutions
Office suite developed by Ascensio System SIA
portal List of office suites Comparison of office suites Collaborative software List of collaborative software Project management software Comparison of project
OnlyOffice
Openly accessible data
hardware, open content, open specifications, open education, open educational resources, open government, open knowledge, open access, open science, and
Open_data
Proprietary Chinese software hosting platform
Chinese government to make an "independent, open-source[ambiguous] code hosting platform for China." On 18 May 2022, Gitee announced all code will be
Gitee
Industry forum on software security
The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) is a cross-industry forum for collaborative improvement of open-source software security. Part of the Linux
Open Source Security Foundation
Open_Source_Security_Foundation
US open source project
The People's Code is an ongoing open source project that aims to make all US Federal agencies and departments utilize open source software, (OSS), for
People's_Code
Type of website edited collaboratively
In the early 2000s, wikis were increasingly adopted in enterprise as collaborative software. Common uses included project communication, intranets, and
Wiki
Open scientific research
levels of society through collaborative networks. This encompasses practices such as publishing open research, campaigning for open access, encouraging scientists
Open_science
U.S. government efficiency initiative
government". Fast Company. Retrieved April 4, 2025. Wick posted the code for a tool that automatically downloads DMs from Twitter accounts. The code specifies
Department of Government Efficiency
Department_of_Government_Efficiency
Managing versions of source code or data
as a feature of some systems such as word processors, spreadsheets, collaborative web docs, and content management systems, such as Wikipedia's page history
Version_control
Free licensed works in any field
works, such as mashups and collaborative content. Although open content has been described as a counterbalance to copyright, open content licenses rely on
Free_content
Non-profit technology consortium to develop the Linux operating system
and the Open Source Summit. As of September 2015[update], the total economic value of the development costs of Linux Foundation Collaborative Projects
Linux_Foundation
controlling how they spent public funds. The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) set up a "Collaborative Procurement Programme" in 2007, managing over £18
Government procurement in the United Kingdom
Government_procurement_in_the_United_Kingdom
Alternative form of government or social ordering
Oren (31 January 2020). "Collaborative е-Rulemaking, Democratic Bots, and the Future of Digital Democracy". Digital Government: Research and Practice.
Government_by_algorithm
Software to run a collaborative wiki
engine or a wiki application) is collaborative software that runs a wiki, which allows the users to create and collaboratively edit pages or entries via a
Wiki_software
mention of open software and its importance to the scientific process. In August 2016, the United States government announced a new federal source code policy
Open Energy Modelling Initiative
Open_Energy_Modelling_Initiative
Large language model and AI chatbot by Anthropic
According to developers, Cowork was mostly built by Claude Code. Claude Design is a collaborative visual creation tool released by Anthropic Labs on April
Claude_(language_model)
Biotechnological social movement
during the COVID-19 pandemic, such as the Rapid Deployment Vaccine Collaborative (RaDVaC), which is a group made up of Harvard and MIT scientists who
Do-it-yourself_biology
Political concept of an online, participatory policymaking process
citizens) to collaborate in the development of public laws and policies. This collaborative policymaking process occurs through a government-sanctioned
Collaborative_e-democracy
U.S. film studio self-censorship rules (1930–1967)
The Motion Picture Production Code was a set of industry guidelines for the self-censorship of content that was applied to most motion pictures released
Hays_Code
Processes of interacting with people and making decisions
Examples of this include the publishing of codes of conduct at the highest level of international government, and media focus on specific issues at the
Governance
12: GOV.UK Commitment 13: Ongoing collaborative approach to open government reform For each commitment, the government has stated an ambition, a lead implementing
UK Open Government National Action Plan 2016–18
UK_Open_Government_National_Action_Plan_2016–18
when software is posted to a code hosting facilities. Discontinued: CodePlex, Gna!, Google Code. The following are open-source software hosting facilities
Comparison of source-code-hosting facilities
Comparison_of_source-code-hosting_facilities
Legal relationship between clinical pharmacists and collaborating physicians
between clinical pharmacists and collaborating physicians that allows for pharmacists to participate in collaborative drug therapy management (CDTM). CDTM
Collaborative practice agreement
Collaborative_practice_agreement
Global private company
organizations using open-source technologies. Collabora is best known for developing Collabora Online, an online office suite that enables collaborative editing in
Collabora
How government use of telecom and computers interacts with the people
public sector, citizens. and other government departments through collaborative meetings. Taiwan has taken on a collaborative approach to civic technology as
Civic_technology
Russian technology company
has made the source code of its database management system publicly available]. vc.ru (in Russian). "YDB Is Now Available as Open-Source Project". Medium
Yandex
Office suite software
O'Reilly Open Source Convention, Sun announced that it would release the StarOffice source code to encourage the development of a free and open-source office
OpenOffice.org
Intergovernmental organization focused on technology
the Digital 5, Digital 7 and Digital 9) is a collaborative network of the world's leading digital governments with a common goal of harnessing digital technology
Digital_Nations
Software license allowing source code to be used, modified, and shared
software, examine the source code, modify it, and distribute the modifications. These criteria are outlined in The Open Source Definition (OSD). After
Open-source_license
Japanese anime television series
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (Japanese: コードギアス 反逆のルルーシュ, Hepburn: Kōdo Giasu: Hangyaku no Rurūshu), often referred to as simply Code Geass, is
Code_Geass
Open-source web-based collaborative real-time editor
Etherpad (previously known as EtherPad) is an open-source, web-based collaborative real-time editor, allowing authors to simultaneously edit a text document
Etherpad
Canadian enterprise software company
community, and the Open Text Index web search service closed in mid-1997. Also in 1996, OpenText introduced Livelink, a collaborative content management
OpenText
Web-based hosting service for software development projects
Bitbucket is a Git-based source code repository hosting service owned by Atlassian. Bitbucket offers both commercial plans and free accounts with an unlimited
Bitbucket
Special phone number for municipal services
2004. The first Canadian 3-1-1 service opened in Calgary, Alberta on 18 May 2005. Historically, the 311 code was used by some telephone companies for
311_(telephone_number)
Programming language learning environment
a block-like interface. Scratch was conceived and designed through collaborative National Science Foundation grants awarded to Mitchel Resnick and Yasmin
Scratch (programming language)
Scratch_(programming_language)
Ability of a state to control digital technologies
the source code of government software]. Rijksoverheid (in Dutch). 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2026. "Soft launch of open-source code platform for
Digital_sovereignty
Blended learning platform by Google
learn about grammatical concepts and collaborate with others using student-to-student interactions and collaborative feedback. "Google Classroom". Google
Google_Classroom
Method used for display options on video text terminals
ISO/IEC 8613, the Open Document Architecture standard (mainly ISO/IEC 8613-6 or ITU T.416). The two systems share many escape codes with the ANSI system
ANSI_escape_code
US nonprofit organization
Congress, develops software for government officials, and claims to help governments create policies and rules that support openness and effective engagement
OpenGov_Foundation
2025 US national security scandal
conversing about imminent military operations against the Houthis in Yemen, code-named Operation Rough Rider. Among the chat's members were Vice President
United States government group chat leaks
United_States_government_group_chat_leaks
Web platform part of Microsoft 365
SharePoint is a web-based collaborative platform primarily used for building corporate intranets, document and content management, and file sharing. Developed
SharePoint
American computer scientist and professor
distance learning, collaborative learning, and computer-assisted instruction. Malan enrolled at Harvard College, initially studying government, and took CS50
David_J._Malan
American film era (1920s–1930s)
the Motion Picture Production Code censorship guidelines (popularly known as the Hays Code) in 1934. Although the Hays Code was adopted in 1930, oversight
Pre-Code_Hollywood
Standard that is openly accessible and usable by anyone
European Union, and some of its member governments or parliaments such as Denmark, France, and Spain preclude open standards requiring fees for use, as
Open_standard
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up open source or open-source in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Open source products include permission to use the source code, design documents
Open_source_(disambiguation)
Chatbot developed by Google
Commentators have highlighted the models' benchmarks in coding and retrieval tasks as competitive with OpenAI's GPT-4 and GPT-5. However, the product launch
Google_Gemini
Collaborative management for governance
resolution, government further defined the 'common purpose' and 'mutual benefit and respect' as voluntary partnerships and as "collaborative relationships
Multistakeholder_governance
Project for an open source artificial intelligence framework
companies, including Huawei and Cisco. OpenCog was originally based on the release in 2008 of the source code of the proprietary "Novamente Cognition
OpenCog
States has revolved around fiscal policy as well as uncertainty over the tax code. This is best exemplified by partisan fights in the United States Congress
Policy_uncertainty
Open source software organization
founded Open Whisper Systems as a collaborative open source project for the continued development of TextSecure and RedPhone. Marlinspike launched Open Whisper
Open_Whisper_Systems
Puppet state of Japan in China (1940–1945)
(2016) is about a communist agent, code name "Sparrow," in Shanghai under the rule of the RNG. Manchukuo Great Way Government Second Sino-Japanese War History
Wang_Jingwei_regime
Many people working on a single project
the Open Models Valuation Company (OMVCO) also employ mass collaboration to improve the accuracy of financial forecasts. In traditional collaborative scenarios
Mass_collaboration
Collectively shared digital goods
government code repository (for ex. one in Estonia) In addition, the developers will be free to make occasional contributions to closely related open-source
Digital_commons
Type of government institution
agencies of the United States federal government List of regulators in the United Kingdom Civil service commission Code of Federal Regulations Constitutional
Regulatory_agency
Term for external cooperation in innovation
as first-class design variables within open innovation. Category:Open innovation intermediaries Collaborative innovation network – Practice that uses
Open_innovation
Bans on a Russian antivirus software
soliciting independent reviews and verification of its software's source code, and announcing that it would migrate some of its core infrastructure for
Kaspersky and the Russian government
Kaspersky_and_the_Russian_government
Open government model
g0v movement, or g0v, (pronounced gov-zero /ɡʌvziroʊ/) is an open source, open government collaboration started by Chia-liang Kao ("clkao"), ipa, kirby
G0v_movement
Israeli software company
published a response describing which open-source code was used and how Wix says it collaborates with the open-source community. However, it was subsequently
Wix.com
Issue-tracking product developed by Atlassian
clients and users globally for project, time, requirements, task, bug, change, code, test, release, sprint management. The product name comes from the last two
Jira_(software)
International song competition
occupied the bottom five positions. The final was opened by Nemo performing their winning song in 2024, "The Code", followed by the flag parade, introducing
Eurovision_Song_Contest_2025
Sub-nanosecond accuracy time transfer using Ethernet
White Rabbit is the name of a collaborative project including CERN, GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research and other partners from universities and
White_Rabbit_Project
Family of distributed open-source operating systems
L0-L2 single framework branch, non-AOSP source code, to the OpenAtom Foundation. Similar to HarmonyOS, the open-source distributed operating system is designed
OpenHarmony
2011 American science fiction crime drama television series
Finch's collaborator on the Machine who died in a suicide bombing attack set up by the government. Ingram acted as the interface between the government and
Person of Interest (TV series)
Person_of_Interest_(TV_series)
Andean record-keeping system using knotted cords
Víctor Falcón Huayta, Rosa Choque Gonzales, and Rosalía Choque Gonzales. Collaborative for Cultural Heritage and Museum Practices, Urbana-Champaign, IL. Urton
Quipu
Hardware from the open-design movement
in context of the Freedom Defined project, the Open Hardware Definition was created as collaborative work of many and is accepted as of 2016 by dozens
Open-source_hardware
Indian provisional government during World War II
during the Japanese thrust towards India. The government of Azad Hind had its own currency, court and civil code, and in the eyes of some Indians, its existence
Azad_Hind
American law professor (born 1969)
and naïve, Zittrain sees more hope in the open Internet Engineering Task Force model and in the ethical code and assumption of good faith that govern Wikipedia
Jonathan_Zittrain
Process in international development
the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) adopted a Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security stating that the democratic
Security sector governance and reform
Security_sector_governance_and_reform
Unrestricted availability of scholarly publications
Economics (RePEc), is a collaborative effort of over 100 volunteers in 45 countries. The Public Knowledge Project in Canada developed the open-source publishing
Open_access
Online tool for synthesizing documents
upgraded tier provides higher usage limits, support for longer documents, collaborative notebooks, and enhanced output controls. In November 2025, NotebookLM
NotebookLM
Data preservation facility in Svalbard
countries, as well as all of American multinational company GitHub's open source code, in a deeply buried steel vault, with the data storage medium expected
Arctic_World_Archive
Software framework for real-time collaborative editing online
later known as Apache Wave, was a software framework for real-time collaborative online editing. Originally developed by Google and announced on May
Google_Wave
Free incomplete Windows NT-like operating system
SourceForge for June 2013 and February 2019. Free and open-source software portal Binary-code compatibility coLinux, a project allowing Microsoft Windows
ReactOS
Job title
grow in prominence as corporate governance requirements - in voluntary codes or law - grow and mature. The heads of several governance-related functions
Chief_governance_officer
Process of adopting OpenDocument
details governmental and other organizations from around the world who are in the process of evaluating the suitability of using (adopting) OpenDocument
OpenDocument_adoption
Lowest in the administration pyramid
Government in Ohio is called Statuary because it is based on the default form outlined in the Ohio Revised Code statute Title 7 . Ohio Revised code allows
Local_government
Open source approach to computer security
Standards) OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project) Open government Homeland Open Security Technology Open source Open source software Open-source hardware
Open_security
2026 film by Steven Spielberg
Taken, a 2002 Spielberg miniseries featuring government UFO cover-ups Project Blue Book, a former code name for the systematic study of UFOs by the United
Disclosure_Day
Autonomous artificial intelligence agent
information (such as OpenAI Deep Research); analytics agents, for analyzing data to create reports; software developer or coding agents (such as Cursor);
AI_agent
GOVERNMENT OPEN-CODE-COLLABORATIVE
GOVERNMENT OPEN-CODE-COLLABORATIVE
Boy/Male
Welsh
Son of Owen.
Male
English
 Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Eóghan, OWEN means "born of yew." Compare with another form of Owen.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.Southern Italian : from a short form of the personal names Boncore, literally ‘good heart’, a medieval omen name, or Belcore.
Male
English
 English surname transferred to forename use, derived from Old English Cola, COLE means "black, coal." This name is also sometimes used as a pet form of Nicholas, meaning "victor of the people."
Surname or Lastname
English (common in the Midlands)
English (common in the Midlands) : from Middle English cope ‘cloak’, ‘cape’ (from Old English cÄp reinforced by the Old Norse cognate kápa), hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who made cloaks or capes, or a nickname for someone who wore a distinctive one. Compare Cape.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a maker of purses and bags, from Middle English cod ‘bag’.English : nickname for a man noted for his apparent sexual prowess, from cod(piece), in Tudor times the garment worn prominently over the male genitals.English : from Middle English cod, the fish (of uncertain origin, perhaps a transferred use of 1), applied as a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or seller of these fish, or possibly as a nickname for someone thought to resemble the fish in some way.Irish : variant of Cody.Irish (County Wexford) : from the Anglo-Saxon personal name Cod.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a Middle English pet form of Nicholas.English : from a Middle English personal name derived from the Old English byname Cola (from col ‘(char)coal’, presumably denoting someone of swarthy appearance), or the Old Norse cognate Koli.Scottish and Irish : when not of English origin, this is a reduced and altered form of McCool.In some cases, particularly in New England, Cole is a translation of the French surname Charbonneau.Probably an Americanized spelling of German Kohl.An Irish family by the name of Cole was established in Fermanagh by Sir William Cole (1576–1653). He was the first Provost of Enniskillen, and his descendants became earls of Enniskillen. The family is thought to have originated in Devon or Cornwall.
Surname or Lastname
Spanish and Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese : nickname from the title of rank conde ‘count’, a derivative of Latin comes, comitis ‘companion’.English : unexplained.
Male
English
Variant spelling of English unisex Cody, CODIE means "helper."
Female
English
English short form of Latin Penelope, PEN means "weaver of cunning."
Surname or Lastname
German
German : from a short form of any of the various Germanic personal names with the first element hrÅd ‘renown’. Compare Robert, Rudiger.North German, Danish, and English : topographic name for someone who lived on land cleared for cultivation or in a clearing in woodland, from Middle Low German rode, Danish rothe, Old English rod. Compare English Rhodes.English : habitational name from any of the many places named with this word, as for example Rode in Cheshire.Slovenian : topographic name from the adjective rod ‘barren’, denoting someone who lived on a barren land.Slovenian : nickname from the Slovenian dialect word rode ‘person with disheveled hair’, a derivative of rod ‘curly’ or ‘hairy’.
Boy/Male
Celtic Welsh
Son of Owen.
Male
Welsh
Variant form of Welsh Owen, possibly OUEN means "born of yew."
Female
Yiddish
(×”Ö¸×דֶע) Yiddish form for Hebrew Hadaccah, HODE means "myrtle tree."
Male
Swedish
Norwegian and Swedish form of Old Norse Óðinn, ODEN means "poetry, song" and "eager, frenzied, raging."
Male
Welsh
 Modern Welsh form of Old Welsh Owain, OWEN means "born of yew." Compare with another form of Owen.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Coad.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Code
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a Middle English personal name, Cade, a survival of the Old English personal name or byname Cada, which is probably from a Germanic root meaning ‘lump’, ‘swelling’.English : metonymic occupational name for a cooper, from Middle English, Old French cade ‘cask’, ‘barrel’ (of Germanic origin, probably akin to the root mentioned in 1).English : nickname for a gentle or inoffensive person, from Middle English cade ‘domestic animal’, ‘pet’ (of unknown origin).French (Cadé) : topographic name from cade ‘juniper’ (from Latin catanus).Bearers of the name Caddé, from Amiens, were documented in Quebec city by 1670.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place named Cove, examples of which are found in Devon, Hampshire, and Suffolk, from Old English cofa ‘cove’, ‘bay’, ‘inlet’, also ‘shelter’, ‘hut’, or a topographic name with the same meaning.
GOVERNMENT OPEN-CODE-COLLABORATIVE
GOVERNMENT OPEN-CODE-COLLABORATIVE
Boy/Male
Arabic, Australian
Leader
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Lord of Dharma
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Saville.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Abhiseerat | அபீஸிராதÂ
Girl/Female
American, Australian, Christian
Princess
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Melody; Tune; Song
Girl/Female
Irish
Ardent.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : variant of Christian.
Boy/Male
Arthurian Legend
Lover of Morgan le Fay.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Czech, Danish, English, German, Italian, Russian
Prosperous Guardian; Feminine of Ned; Born on Sunday
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n.
Any system of rules or regulations relating to one subject; as, the medical code, a system of rules for the regulation of the professional conduct of physicians; the naval code, a system of rules for making communications at sea means of signals.
v. t. & i.
To open.
v. t.
To make or set open; to render free of access; to unclose; to unbar; to unlock; to remove any fastening or covering from; as, to open a door; to open a box; to open a room; to open a letter.
a.
Not drawn together, closed, or contracted; extended; expanded; as, an open hand; open arms; an open flower; an open prospect.
v. t.
To enter upon; to begin; as, to open a discussion; to open fire upon an enemy; to open trade, or correspondence; to open a case in court, or a meeting.
a.
Produced by an open string; as, an open tone.
a.
Free or cleared of obstruction to progress or to view; accessible; as, an open tract; the open sea.
n.
The center or inner part, as of an open space; as, the core of a square.
p. p.
of Come
n.
A collection or digest of laws; a code.
v. t.
To spread; to expand; as, to open the hand.
n.
The body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of Europe.
a.
Open.
a.
Free; disengaged; unappropriated; as, to keep a day open for any purpose; to be open for an engagement.
a.
Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not closed or withdrawn from consideration; as, an open account; an open question; to keep an offer or opportunity open.
a.
Not concealed or secret; not hidden or disguised; exposed to view or to knowledge; revealed; apparent; as, open schemes or plans; open shame or guilt.
a.
Pertaining to government; made by government; as, governmental duties.
n.
Open or unobstructed space; clear land, without trees or obstructions; open ocean; open water.
n.
The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government.
v. t.
To loosen or make less compact; as, to open matted cotton by separating the fibers.