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Hacker Space

I know the title sounds terrible and you automatically think of people hacking your accounts and selling them or putting the information onto the web for all to see. In this case, it is just the opposite.

Wikipedia defines Hackerspace as
hackerspace (also referred to as a hacklabmakerspace or hackspace) is a community-operated, often "Not For Profit" (501(c)(3) in the United States), workspace where people with common interests, often in computersmachiningtechnologysciencedigital art or electronic art, can meetsocialize and collaborate.[1] 
Hackerspaces have also been compared to other community-operated spaces with similar aims and mechanisms such as Fab Labmen's sheds, and commercial "for-profit" companies such as TechShop.
Makerspaces.com gives the history of Hackerspaces and then notes that there is not that much of a difference between the two at this point and that it is just a matter of preference as to what the group/organization/school calls the room and group.

The term hacker does have a bad connotation and thus many feel Makerspace sounds better.

Source:  https://www.makerspaces.com/what-is-a-makerspace/

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