hackathon

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hackathon definition

jargon
A planned hacking run that is intended to last for about a week with lots of hackers. The term was used in 2005 by the Apache Foundation and the OpenBSD Project, among others.
(2005-01-26)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © Denis Howe 2010 http://foldoc.org
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