hackathon

American  

[hak-uh-thon] / ˈhæk əˌθɒn /

noun

Digital Technology.

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of hackathon

1995–2000; hack ¹ ( def. ) + -athon ( def. )

Example Sentences

The company’s co-founder Sean Rad, a USC dropout, presented the idea for a dating app, originally called Matchbox, at a startup incubator’s hackathon.

From Los Angeles Times

Kausas spent part of a recent Saturday speaking at a hackathon.

From The Wall Street Journal

Working with Unesco, Dr Tabiri will also host a week-long "Quantum Hackathon" in July at Aims-Ghana for about 40 post-graduate students from different African countries.

From BBC

The new A.I. program, the largest of its kind in the United States, takes a novel approach in a tech industry whose recruiting criteria — technical interviews, hackathon wins, internal employee referrals, previous internships — often advantage wealthier students at top universities.

From New York Times

Recently, a team at a tech event called a hackathon applied deep learning to weather forecasting.

From Science Daily