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==List of Computer Science Competitions==
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A list can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Computer_science_competitions
  
== National Computer Science Competitions ==
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==What happens at a computer science competition?==
=== United States ===
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In a computer science competition, teams or individuals are judged on their ability to solve a real world problem using code. These are known as hackathons.
* [[United States Computing Olympiad]] [http://www.usaco.org/ website]
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In other computer science competitions, individuals write a test centered around algorithms and math.
* [[Google Code Jam]] [http://www.topcoder.com/pl/?module=Static&d1=google06&d2=overview website]
 
'''Computer Science Competitions''' are compeitions that can test the knowledge of different computer science topics, or more commonly, being able to write programs that solve a given problem.
 

Revision as of 11:20, 10 September 2020

List of Computer Science Competitions

A list can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Computer_science_competitions

What happens at a computer science competition?

In a computer science competition, teams or individuals are judged on their ability to solve a real world problem using code. These are known as hackathons.

In other computer science competitions, individuals write a test centered around algorithms and math.