big win

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big win - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  big win
  
     <jargon> An MIT term for a Good Thing or a lucky accident.
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1996-03-06)
  

big win - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  big win
   n.
  
     1. [common] Major success.
  
     2. [MIT] Serendipity. "Yes, those two physicists discovered
     high-temperature superconductivity in a batch of ceramic that had
  been
     prepared incorrectly according to their experimental schedule. Small
     mistake; big win!" See win big.