demoparty
nounEtymology From demo + party.
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Computing, Demoscene, Engineering, Lifestyle, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences 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.2005, Tamás Polgár, Freax: the brief history of the demoscene: Volume 1:
- 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:
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- 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 […]2021, Mark J. P. Wolf, Encyclopedia of Video Games: