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dem⋅o
[dem-oh] 
–noun, plural dem⋅os. Informal.
| 1. | demonstration (defs. 4,6). |
| 2. | demonstrator (def. 5). |
| 3. | a phonograph record or tape recording of a new song or of one performed by an unknown singer or singing group, distributed to disc jockeys, recording companies, etc., to demonstrate the merits of the song or performer. |
Dem⋅o
[dem-oh] –noun, plural Dem⋅os. Informal.
| a member of the Democratic party; Democrat. |
Origin:
1785–95, Americanism
1785–95, Americanism
demo-
| a combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “people” (democratic); on this model, used in the formation of compound words (demography). |
Origin:
< Gk dēmo-, comb. form of dêmos
< Gk dēmo-, comb. form of dêmos
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| dem·o 1 (děm'ō) n. pl. dem·os Informal
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| dem·o 2 (děm'ō) n. Informal Demolition. |
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demo
/de'moh/ [short for `demonstration']1. v. To demonstrate a product or prototype. A far more effective way of inducing bugs to manifest than any number of test runs, especially when important people are watching.
2. n. The act of demoing. "I've gotta give a demo of the drool-proof interface; how does it work again?"
3. n. Esp. as `demo version', can refer either to an early, barely-functional version of a program which can be used for demonstration purposes as long as the operator uses _exactly_ the right commands and skirts its numerous bugs, deficiencies, and unimplemented portions, or to a special version of a program (frequently with some features crippled) which is distributed at little or no cost to the user for enticement purposes.
4. [demoscene] A sequence of demoeffects (usually) combined with self-composed music and hand-drawn ("pixelated") graphics. These days (1997) usually built to attend a compo. Often called `eurodemos' outside Europe, as most of the demoscene activity seems to have gathered in northern Europe and especially Scandinavia. See also intro, dentro.
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Language Translation for : demo
Spanish:
maqueta,
German:
der Einzugsverzug,
Japanese:
デモテープ[ビデオ
demo
short for demonstration (tape, disc, etc.). Music recording given out for promotional purposes, 1963. The word was earlier used to mean public political demonstrations (1936).
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demo
/de'moh/ 1. A demonstration of a product, often of an early version or prototype. A demo is a far more effective way of inducing bugs to manifest themselves than any number of test runs, especially when important people are watching.
2. demo version.
3. A program written to demonstrate the programmer's coding ability and/or the power of the computer it runs on. Such demos are nearly always written in machine code and traditionally feature scrolling text about the author, his friends, his code and anything else he fancies and animated graphics.
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(1994-11-04)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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| demo demonstration |
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