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{"managingGroups":{},"author":"Isun","updateTime":1489504874000,"title":"Q: Why is Virtual Judge sometimes called \"HUST\" ?","dislikeCnt":1,"content":"#### A: \nOfficially the website is always called “Virtual Judge” (or vjudge in short) since its first day.\n\nIt was developed by students from a Chinese university “Huazhong University of Sci \u0026 Tech” (which is HUST in short). Therefore it had been hosted in the that university for over 6 years, accessed via http://acm.hust.edu.cn/vjudge. However the network environment in university is too restricted and tough. The network administrator just cut off access from outside of the university now and then, without notification in advance. After enduring it for 100 times, eventually Virtual Judge decided to move out from the university in Sept 7th, 2016, which is now accessed via https://vjudge.net. That\u0027s one reason why \"Virtual Judge\" had always been commonly referred to as \"HUST\".\n\nAnother reason is that, as this website become the de facto most popular \"OJ proxy\", the name \"Virtual Judge\" is not only regarded as a single website from years ago any more. It\u0027s treated as a new mode -- a website with/having \"OJ proxy\" feature. Afterwards, many OJs supporting \"OJ proxy\" feature announced they have \"Virtual Judge\" feature, including those who even had this feature before this site. Therefore, to distinguish from other \"Virtual Judge\"s, people liked to refer to this website as \"HUST\".\n\nIt\u0027s OK to name it as \"Virtual Judge\", \"vjudge\", or \"HUST\" today. But the first two are recommended, personally.\n\n![](http://i.imgur.com/te2uk8e.jpg \u003d800x350)\n\n---\nFirst published at [Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/virtualjudge/photos/a.1060429447307535.1073741827.1060425797307900/1427696347247508/?type\u003d3\u0026theater)","threadId":12305,"likeCnt":13,"createTime":1483062754000,"isWorkbook":false,"viewCnt":4544,"openness":2,"fav":false,"id":19,"trustable":true}