Hash Code (programming competition)

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{{Short description|Team programming competition organized by Google}}

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| years_active = 2014–2022

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| attendance = 128,000 (2021)

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| website = https://codingcompetitions.withgoogle.com/hashcode

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Hash Code was a global team programming competition organized by Google.{{Cite web|url=https://codingcompetitions.withgoogle.com/hashcode/about|title=Hash Code - Google's Coding Competitions|website=Coding Competitions|access-date=2022-02-27|archive-date=2023-03-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310030413/https://codingcompetitions.withgoogle.com/hashcode/about|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://youth-time.eu/google-hash-code-competition/|title=Google Hash Code Competition|date=February 1, 2019}} The participants work in teams of 2–4 people{{Cite web|url=https://events.umich.edu/event/91323|title=Google - Hash Code 2022 | Happening @ Michigan|website=events.umich.edu}} solving a programming challenge inspired by software engineering at Google. The first edition was a local event at the Google office in Paris, with 200 participants in attendance.{{Cite web|url=https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/education/eight-things-you-need-know-about-hash-code-2018/|title=Eight things you need to know about Hash Code 2018|date=January 16, 2018|website=Google}} Since then, the competition expanded globally,{{Cite web|url=https://9to5google.com/2018/11/21/google-coding-competitions-global-revamp/|title=Google's Coding Competitions are now global w/ revamped site & sign-up|first=Abner|last=Li|date=November 21, 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.muscatdaily.com/2021/02/28/omani-team-placed-first-in-arabia-in-google-coding-contest/|title=Omani team placed first in Arabia in Google coding contest|date=February 28, 2021|website=Muscat Daily}} and reached over 128,000 registered participants in the 2021 edition.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPOVd-hQUjA|title=Hash Code 2021: Online Qualification Round Livestream|via=www.youtube.com}} The competition consists of a qualification round, after which the top teams are invited to a final event.

In 2023, it was announced that Google Hash Code would not continue.{{Cite web |title=Hash Code - Google’s Coding Competitions |url=https://developers.googleblog.com/2023/05/celebrate-googles-coding-competitions.html |access-date=2023-07-26 |website=Coding Competitions |language=en}}