hackathon

[ hak-uh-thon ]

/ ˈhæk əˌθɒn /

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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.

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Origin of hackathon

1995–2000; hack¹ + -athon

Words nearby hackathon

hacienda, haciendado, Hacienda Heights, hack, hackamore, hackathon, hackberry, hack board, hackbut, Hackensack, hacker

Example sentences from the Web for hackathon

Open-source software, meanwhile, is more usually associated with scrappy programming for smaller projects, like hackathons or student demos.
NASA’s next lunar rover will run open-source software|Neel V. Patel|April 12, 2021|MIT Technology Review
Roskomsvoboba says it receives about 100 proposals for each hackathon.
How Russia Is Stepping Up Its Campaign to Control the Internet|Madeline Roache|April 1, 2021|Time
In 2016, Microsoft held a hackathon and asked Jones for ideas of what innovations he might need.
He’s Helping Wounded Warriors Game Again|Fiona Zublin|November 27, 2020|Ozy
One of the ideas they came up with at those hackathons was DigitalBrain, a layer that sits on top of customer service software like Zendesk to streamline tasks and ease the job of customer service agents.
YC grad DigitalBrain snags $3.4M seed to streamline customer service tasks|Ron Miller|October 7, 2020|TechCrunch

The two young founders survived by entering and winning hackathons to pay their rent and put on food on the table.
YC grad DigitalBrain snags $3.4M seed to streamline customer service tasks|Ron Miller|October 7, 2020|TechCrunch

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