Introducing Our First Computer Science Challenge!

In celebration of Pride Month, we are excited to introduce our first Computer Science Challenge in honor of Alan Turing, the brilliant gay English mathematician and crypto-analyst who is widely considered to be the “Father of Computer Science.” His birthday would have been on June 22, right in the middle of our challenge! So let’s celebrate.

For this challenge, there is only one simple writing prompt and one winner. Our winner will receive an exclusive DEV badge of honor and a gift from the DEV Shop. Participants with a valid submission will receive a completion badge.

Our Prompt

We are bringing back the One Byte Explainer!

Your challenge is to explain a computer science concept in 256 characters or less.

You can pick any concept (i.e. “Big O Notation, “Recursion” “P vs NP Problem”) and explain concisely what it is and why it’s relevant. You have 256 characters — less than a tweet — to get your point across, so the challenge is keeping it simple.

256 characters is ludicrously few for some of these concepts, that’s what makes it a challenge!

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How To Participate

In order to participate in the Computer Science Challenge, you will need to publish a post using the following submission template:

One Byte Explainer Submission Template

Please review our judging criteria, rules, guidelines, and FAQ page before submitting so you understand our participation guidelines and official contests rules such eligibility requirements.