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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>@-party</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../0.html" title="0"/><link rel="previous" href="code-404-compliant.html" title="404 compliant"/><link rel="next" href="../A.html" title="A"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">@-party</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="code-404-compliant.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">0</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="../A.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="at-party"/><dt xmlns="" id="at-party"><b>@-party</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/at<61>par`tee/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [from the @-sign in an Internet address] (alt.: ‘@-sign
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party’ <span class="pronunciation">/at<61>si:n par`tee/</span>) A
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semi-closed party thrown for hackers at a science-fiction convention (esp.
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the annual World Science Fiction Convention or “<span class="quote">Worldcon</span>”);
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one must have a <a href="../N/network-address.html"><i class="glossterm">network address</i></a> to get in, or at
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least be in company with someone who does. One of the most reliable
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opportunities for hackers to meet face to face with people who might
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otherwise be represented by mere phosphor dots on their screens. Compare
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<a href="../B/boink.html"><i class="glossterm">boink</i></a>.</p></dd><dd><p>The first recorded @-party was held at the Westercon (a U.S. western
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regional SF convention) over the July 4th weekend in 1980. It is not clear
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exactly when the canonical @-party venue shifted to the Worldcon but it had
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certainly become established by Constellation in 1983. Sadly, the @-party
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tradition has been in decline since about 1996, mainly because having an
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@-address no longer functions as an effective lodge pin.</p><p>We are informed, however, that <tt class="systemitem">rec.skydiving</tt> members have maintained a
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tradition of formation jumps in the shape of an @.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="code-404-compliant.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../0.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="../A.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">404 compliant<6E></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>A</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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