copyparty
copyparty noun: an event where people meet to swap software (often pirated copies of commercial releases), a forerunner of the demoparty.
Noun
copyparty (plural copyparties)
- An event where people meet to swap software (often pirated copies of commercial releases), a forerunner of the demoparty.
- Extensive documentation on the history of copyparties and demoparties has been lovingly preserved by the demoscene itself.2008, Tara McPherson, Digital youth, innovation, and the unexpected, page 193
- DreamHack began in 1994, in the basement of a nearby elementary school, as a small, local subvariant of what was then called a ‘‘copyparty’’ — pre-broadband occasions to share software or demonstrate flashy off-label uses of early home computers.2015 July 16, Gideon Lewis-Kraus, Photographs By Franck Bohbot, “Power in Numbers”, in New York Times
Forms of copyparty
| plural | copyparties |
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Origin of copyparty
From copy + party.
Questions about copyparty
- What does copyparty mean?
- Copyparty means an event where people meet to swap software (often pirated copies of commercial releases), a forerunner of the demoparty.
- What part of speech is copyparty?
- Copyparty is a noun.
- What is the plural of copyparty?
- The plural of copyparty is copyparties.
Words near copyparty in the dictionary
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