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What is a hackathon?
Participants typically form groups of about 2-5 individuals, work on a problem, have fun, learn something new get to network and collaborate with other like-minded individuals.
“The word hackathon is a combination of the words hack and marathon, where hack is used in the sense of playful, exploratory programming, not its alternate meaning as a reference to computer crime.” -Wikipedia
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