1. Open Source Software :
Open source software refers to the computer software which source is open means the general public can access and use. In short it is referred as OSS. The source code of open source software is public. It uses the code freely available on the Internet.
Some examples of open source software are: Firefox, OpenOffice, Gimp, Alfresco, Android, Zimbra, Thunderbird, MySQL, Mailman, Moodle, TeX, Samba, Perl, PHP, KDE etc.
2. Closed Source Software :
Closed source software refers to the computer software which source code is closes means public is not given access to the source code. In short it is referred as CSS. Closed source software is software for which the source code is not freely available. It is developed and provided to the user as a fully compiled, executable set of files. The developer often provides support to users after purchase and ensures that the software works as expected.
Some examples of closed source software are Skype, Google earth, Java, Adobe Flash, Virtual Box, Adobe Reader, Microsoft office, Microsoft Windows, WinRAR, mac OS, Adobe Flash Player etc.