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demoparty

noun

Etymology

From demo + party.

  1. derived from партия
  2. derived from partire
  3. derived from partir — “to divide, separate”
  4. derived from partie
  5. derived from partie
  6. inherited from party
  7. compounded as demoparty — “demo + party”

Definitions

  1. A party organised by and for the demoscene, typically involving socializing, computer…

    A party organised by and for the demoscene, typically involving socializing, computer programming, and competitions.

    • They were the organizers of the first Russian demoparty, Enlight '96 in St. Petersburg, but unfortunately there weren't any quality releases.
    • Extensive documentation on the history of copyparties and demoparties has been lovingly preserved by the demoscene itself.
    • In the mid-1980s, demoparties were also copyparties, where the first so called hot releases of cracked and trained games changed hands. However, illegal software copying later disappeared […]

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA