LAN party

plural LAN parties

1. computingA social event based around a LAN (local area network) where participants engage in computer activities such as multiplayer gaming.

   LAN parties have been around ever since geeks started playing games on computer networks.

   2011, Brian Johnson, Duncan Mackenzie, Xbox 360 For Dummies

   2 more examples

   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.

   2001 October 8, Network World, volume 18, number 41

   People like to go to LAN parties because graphically intensive games play better over a LAN than over the Internet[…]

   2007, Meredith G. Farkas, Social software in libraries, page 219