Swap vs Copyparty - What's the difference?
swap | copyparty |
An exchange of two comparable things.
(finance) A financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of cashflow against another stream.
(obsolete, UK, dialect) A blow; a stroke.
(computing, informal, uncountable) Space available in a swap file for use as auxiliary memory.
To exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else).
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(label) To strike, hit.
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*:And soo sir launcelot rode on the one syde and she on the other / he had not ryden but a whyle / but the knyghte badde sir Launcelot torne hym and loke behynde hym // and there wyth was the knyghte and the lady on one syde / & sodenly he swapped of his ladyes hede
(label) To fall or descend; to rush hastily or violently.
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*(Geoffrey Chaucer) (c.1343-1400)
*:All suddenly she swapt adown to ground.
(label) To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.
(demoscene) An event where people meet to swap software (often pirated copies of commercial releases), a forerunner of the demoparty.
* 2008 , Tara McPherson, Digital youth, innovation, and the unexpected (page 193)
As nouns the difference between swap and copyparty
is that swap is an exchange of two comparable things while copyparty is (demoscene) an event where people meet to swap software (often pirated copies of commercial releases), a forerunner of the demoparty.As a verb swap
is to exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else).swap
English
(wikipedia swap)Alternative forms
* swopNoun
(en noun)- (Sir Walter Scott)
- How much swap do you need?
Derived terms
* credit default swap * swap meet * total return swap * swapsiesSynonyms
* barter * trade * quid pro quoVerb
(swapp)Derived terms
* swap in, swap outSynonyms
* (exchange) exchange, trade, switchAnagrams
* * * * ----copyparty
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Noun
(copyparties)- Extensive documentation on the history of copyparties and demoparties has been lovingly preserved by the demoscene itself.