Contest Overview ================ Contest is made up of four main parts: - Contestant Machine - Problem Submission Server (PC^2) - Local Documentation (localdoc) - Hosting Site Contestant Machine ------------------ The contest image runs on the local site desktops and is the operating system that the teams log into for the competition. It is specifically configured to have the right compilers and tools for solving the contest problems. The contest image is booted and running on the team's computer during the competition. See :doc:`image` for more information on the contest image Problem Submission Server ------------------------- The problem submission server is used for the teams to submit their solutions to the problems during the competition. Since the teams gain points for being the first-to- solve the submission server is running from the start of the contest up to the end. The server software is `PC^2 `_ (PC squared) which stands for Programming Contest Control and is run centrally from the SCUSA servers located at LSU. See :doc:`pc2` for more information on PC^2 Local Documentation ------------------- The Local documentation (called localdoc) is also hosted at the central SCUSA servers and has: - HTML Documentation for all solution languages - Any errata or updates about the problemset made during the competition - Contest scoreboard Hosting Site ------------ You! All of the sites that host the SCUSA competition are invaluable to the success of contest! We work hard to make sure you don't have to.