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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(demoscene) 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.
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.
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 […]
Use copyparty when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Copyparty means (demoscene) An event where people meet to swap software (often pirated copies of commercial releases), a forerunner of the demoparty..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Extensive documentation on the history of copyparties and demoparties has been lovingly preserved by the demoscene itself.
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