Dictionary Definition
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]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /ˈdɛm.əʊ/
- Rhymes with: -ɛməʊ
demo
- democrat
- demographic (noun)
- demolition
Noun
- a brief demonstration or visual explanation
- a recording of a
song meant to demonstrate
its overall sound for the purpose of getting it published or
recorded more fully
- After hearing the demo the record label approved funding to record the song with a full band.
- an example of a product used for demonstration and then sold at a discount
- a march or gathering to make a political protest
Translations
a brief demonstration or visual explanation
- Dutch: demo , demonstratie
- French: démo , démonstration
- Italian: demo
a short recording of a song etc for publicity
- Dutch: demo
- French: démo
an example of a product used for demonstration
and then sold at a discount
- Dutch: demo
- French: démo
a march or gathering to make a political protest
- Dutch: demonstratie
- French: démonstration
Verb
Italian
demo
- demo
Latin
- to remove, take away
Extensive Definition
Demo may refer to:
- Demo (music), a song recorded for reference rather than release
- Technology
demo, a prototype version of a technology product, to showcase
its forthcoming ideas, performance, method or features
- Software prototyping, in particular; release of prototype versions of in-progress software
- Demoware, software
that users can test in a limited fashion before buying
- Game demo, more narrowly; a freely-distributed "try-out" version of a video game, usually fully playable but incomplete
- Demo (computer programming), a non-interactive multimedia presentation, a type of digital art
- Demoscene, collectively, the digital artists who create demos
- Demo (comics), a comic book series by Brian Wood and Becky Cloonan
- DEMO, a proposed experimental nuclear fusion reactor
- Demo (techno group) (демо), a Russian techno music group
- Demo mode, a feature often found in consumer electronics, which shows the owner the features of the machine
- Demo (company), a co-developer of the ZSNES Super Nintendo emulator and the ePSXe PlayStation emulator
- A sales or marketing presentation
- An alternate term for an exhibition game in sports
- Performance of a demonstration sport
- Design and Engineering Methodology for Organisations, a business process (re)design methodology.
See also
- Demonstration (disambiguation page)
- Democide, the murder of any person or people by a government
- Democracy, a small number of related forms of government
- Demography, the statistical study of human populations
- Demolition, the tearing-down of buildings and other structures
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