Coding Competitions

noun a suffix used in forming nouns denoting a marathon or other event that lasts a long time

• The charity organization is hosting a walkathon to raise funds for a local cause.
• I'm thinking of signing up for the movie-athon happening this weekend.
• I can't believe I survived that coding-athon last night!
• Her determination to finish the project was like a marathon, it was a real work-athon.

noun A collaborative event in which computer programmers and others involved in software development, including graphic designers, interface designers, project managers, and others, collaborate on software projects

• The company organized a hackathon to encourage innovation among its employees.
• I heard there's a hackathon happening next weekend, are you participating?
• Let's team up and crush this hackathon, we got this!
• Life is like a hackathon, you have limited time to come up with creative solutions to challenges.