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Audio Help [dem-oh] Pronunciation Key –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. |
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Dem·o
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Audio Help [dem-oh] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural Dem·os. Informal.
| a member of the Democratic party; Democrat. |
[Origin: 1785–95, Americanism]
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| dem·o 1
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n. pl. dem·os Informal
dem'o v. |
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| dem·o 2
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n. Informal Demolition. |
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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).
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
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noun | |
| 1. | a visual presentation showing how something works; "the lecture was accompanied by dramatic demonstrations"; "the lecturer shot off a pistol as a demonstration of the startle response" [syn: demonstration] |
verb | |
| 1. | give an exhibition of to an interested audience; "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington" [syn: show] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
demo1 [ˈdeməu] noun — plural ˈdemos
(usually) a recording sent to radio stations or producers to show the ability of a musician, singer etc or an example of a computer program etc meant to promote sales
demo2 [ˈdeməu] noun
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/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.
[The Jargon File]
(1994-11-04)
| The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe |
| demo demonstration |
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