English Explanatory Dictionary

birds-of-a-feather session

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An informal discussion group, typically at a conference, based on a shared interest and without any fixed agenda.

Word forms

birds-of-a-feather session birds-of-a-feather sessions

Etymology

The first use of this term among computer specialists is uncertain, but it was employed during DECUS conferences and may have been used at SHARE user group meetings in the 1960s.

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