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The '''International Obfuscated C Code Contest''' (abbreviated '''IOCCC''') is a [[computer programming]] contest for the most creatively [[obfuscatedSource code|obfuscatedcode]] written in [[C (programming language)|C]] that is the most creatively [[Sourceobfuscated code|codeobfuscated]]. Held semi-annually, it is described as "celebrating [C's] syntactical opaqueness".<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/pcw.nsf/how-to/beyond-the-command-line |access-date=2013-04-07 |title=Beyond the command line |journal=PC World New Zealand|last=Palmer|first=Geoff|date=November 1, 2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130210081342/http://pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/pcw.nsf/how-to/beyond-the-command-line |archive-date=February 10, 2013 }}</ref> The winning code for the 27th contest, held in 2020, was released in July 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ioccc.org/years-spoiler.html |title=Previous IOCCC Winners with spoilers |access-date=2023-05-01 |publisher=IOCCC}}</ref> Previous contests were held in the years 1984–1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2004–2006, 2011–2015 and 2018–2020.

Entries are evaluated anonymously by a panel of judges. The judging process is documented in the competition guidelines<ref name=guidelines>{{cite web |url=https://www.ioccc.org/2015/guidelines.txt |title=2015 Guidelines |access-date=2023-05-01 |year=2015 |format=plain text |publisher=IOCCC}}</ref> and consists of elimination rounds. By tradition, no information is given about the total number of entries for each competition. Winning entries are awarded with a category, such as "Worst Abuse of the [[C preprocessor]]" or "Most Erratic Behavior", and then announced on the official IOCCC website. The contest states that being announced on the IOCCC website is the reward for winning.