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      Word of the Day: Connascence

      May 5, 2009

      Connascence

      Con-nas-cence
      n. 1. The common birth of two or more at the same time; production of two or more together.

      1. That which is born or produced with another.
      2. The act of growing together.

      From Jim Weirich’s intriguing acts_as_conference presentation on The Grand Unified Theory of Software Development .

      Tags: jargon

      Updated: May 5, 2009

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