The Word Crowdsourcing is Coined

In an article published in Wired in June 2006 Jeff Howe coined the term crowdsourcing

"for the act of taking a job traditionally performed by an employee or contractor, and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people, in the form of an open call. For example, the public may be invited to develop a new technology, carry out a design task, refine an algorithm or help analyze large amounts of data."