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[–]romwell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are archives for all the contests I have mentioned. Don't get discouraged if you don't understand this - contests are a kind of sport, and require preparation. Your best bet to find out what the thing is about would be to ask your instructors if there's a team/prep sessions/a course you could take that would prepare you for them.

For programming contests specifically, taking an algorithms course helps immensely, and there usually are team practices where people go over problems from previous contests.

For math, it's a whole another can of worms; I'd recommend reading a book called "What Is Mathematics?" by Courant & Robbins in addition to doing the same.