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 ## Credits
 Inspired by the great work of [Madhusudhan Srinivasa](https://github.com/madhums/)
+The MEAN name was coined by [Valeri Karpov](http://blog.mongodb.org/post/49262866911/the-mean-stack-mongodb-expressjs-angularjs-and)
 
 ## License
 (The MIT License)