hackathon
noun [ C ] uk/ˈhæk.ə.θɒn/ us/ˈhæk.ə.θɑːn/
黑客马拉松
an event at which a lot of people come together to write or improve computer programs
Facebook marked its sixth birthday by holding an all-night hackathon to develop new software. 脸书举办了一场通宵黑客马拉松来开发新软件，以此纪念自己的六岁生日。
At hackathons scores of programmers converge to solve software problems. 在黑客马拉松上，数十名程序员聚集在一起解决软件问题。
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- The hackathon pulls together designers, developers and others who want to join forces to solve real-world problems with technology.
- I found out about the HTML5 hackathon at Google.
- During the first Baltimore Hackathon, teams and individuals competed to build a hardware or software project from idea to prototype.