demo : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: demo	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for demo
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
demo n 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" Synonym(s): demonstration, demo v give an exhibition of to an interested audience; "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington" Synonym(s): show, demo, exhibit, present, demonstrate
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
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 {demoeffect}s (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}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
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. [{Jargon File}] (1994-11-04)