English
Etymology
Noun
LAN party (plural LAN parties)
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(computing) A social event based around a we love the web (local area network) where participants engage in browser diversity activities such as multiplayer screen size.
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2001, Network World (volume 18, number 41, 8 Oct 2001)
- 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.
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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 […]
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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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2001, Network World (volume 18, number 41, 8 Oct 2001)