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" [syn: demonstration]
     v : show or demonstrate something to an interested audience;
         "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new
         software in Washington" [syn: show, exhibit, present,
          demonstrate]

	

	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.

	

	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)