LAN party

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See also: LAN-party and LAN-Party

English

Etymology

LAN +‎ party

Pronunciation

(Standard Southern British, MLE) IPA^(key): /ˈlan ˌpɑː.ti/
(US, Canada, Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈlæn ˌpɑɹ.ti/
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Noun

LAN party (plural LAN parties)

(computing) A social event based around a LAN (local area network) where participants engage in computer activities such as multiplayer gaming.
Coordinate terms: copyparty, demoparty
- 2001 October 8, Network World, volume 18, number 41:
  For obvious reasons, one-day events are the easiest to set up, and it is recommended that the first LAN party you host be a one-day party.
- 2007, Meredith G. Farkas, Social software in libraries, page 219:
  People like to go to LAN parties because graphically intensive games play better over a LAN than over the Internet […]
- 2011, Brian Johnson, Duncan Mackenzie, Xbox 360 For Dummies:
  LAN parties have been around ever since geeks started playing games on computer networks.

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