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- noun informal, neologism An event where
programmers meet forcollaborative computer programming .
Etymologies
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Examples
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A FAD is a Fedora Activity Day, which I usually describe as a hackathon, or "a bunch of folks from our usually-distributed community all fly into one place and spend a couple days working to Make A Cool Thing."
Fedora People Mel 2010
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Done right, a hackathon is a win-win for everyone involved.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Tribeca Film 2011
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A hackathon is a time for people who share common interests to come together and get stuff done.
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A hackathon is a time for people who share common interests to come together and get stuff done.
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Facebook marks it sixth bitrhday by simplifying its home page and an all-night "hackathon" to create new software for the site.
News24 Top Stories 2010
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Facebook marks sixth birthday with new home page - Facebook marked its sixth birthday by simplifying its home page and holding an all-night "hackathon" to craft new software for the social networking website.
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We had our first ever "hackathon" at Box a few months ago.
NYT > Technology 2010
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Facebook marks sixth birthday with new home page - AFP - Facebook marked its sixth birthday by simplifying its home page and holding an all-night "hackathon" to craft new software for the social networking website.
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We had our first ever "hackathon" at Box a few months ago.
NYT > Home Page 2010
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We had our first ever "hackathon" at Box a few months ago.
NYT > Home Page 2010
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