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hackathon

noun
/ˈhæ.kə.θɒn/UK/ˈhæ.kə.θɑn/US

Etymology

From hack + -athon.

  1. derived from האַק — “axe”
  2. derived from Hakke
  3. derived from Áskell
  4. formed as hackathon — “hack + -athon”

Definitions

  1. An event where programmers and others meet for collaborative software development,…

    An event where programmers and others meet for collaborative software development, usually over several days.

    • If these are opinions I'm sure that it happens to have something to do with the immense amounts of caffeine and sugar that I've ingested over the course of his 50hr hackathon.

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