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hackathon

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hackathon /ˈhakəθɒn /
noun informal an event in which a large number of people meet to engage in collaborative computer programming:
a series of 48-hour hackathons to build new web and mobile services.
– ORIGIN 1980s: from hack1, on the pattern of marathon.