hackathon

[ hak-uh-thon ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Digital Technology.

a usually competitive event in which people work in groups on software or hardware projects, with the goal of creating a functioning product by the end of the event:
At the hackathon our team produced an app that helps you monitor your sleeping habits.

They named their tool Transitmix, inspired by Streetmix, another hackathon project that has since become a popular street design platform.

Open-source software, meanwhile, is more usually associated with scrappy programming for smaller projects, like hackathons or student demos.

Roskomsvoboba says it receives about 100 proposals for each hackathon.

From Time

In 2016, Microsoft held a hackathon and asked Jones for ideas of what innovations he might need.

From Ozy

The two young founders survived by entering and winning hackathons to pay their rent and put on food on the table.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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