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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>demo mode</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../D.html" title="D"/><link rel="previous" href="demo.html" title="demo"/><link rel="next" href="demoeffect.html" title="demoeffect"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">demo mode</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="demo.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">D</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="demoeffect.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="demo-mode"/><dt xmlns="" id="demo-mode"><b>demo mode</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. [Sun] The state of being <a href="../H/heads-down.html"><i class="glossterm">heads down</i></a> in
order to finish code in time for a <a href="demo.html"><i class="glossterm">demo</i></a>, usually due
yesterday. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. A mode in which video games sit by themselves running through a
portion of the game, also known as <span class="firstterm">attract
mode</span>. Some serious <a href="../A/app.html"><i class="glossterm">app</i></a>s have a demo mode
they use as a screen saver, or may go through a demo mode on startup (for
example, the Microsoft Windows opening screen &#8212; which lets you
impress your neighbors without actually having to put up with
<a href="../M/Microsloth-Windows.html"><i class="glossterm">Microsloth Windows</i></a>).</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="demo.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../D.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="demoeffect.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">demo </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> demoeffect</td></tr></table></div></body></html>