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demo
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/demoh/ [short for demonstration ] 1. v. To demonstrate a product or
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prototype. A far more effective way of inducing bugs to manifest than any
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number of test runs, especially when important people are watching. 2. n.
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The act of demoing. I've gotta give a demo of the drool-proof interface; how
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does it work again? 3. n. Esp. as demo version , can refer either to an
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early, barely-functional version of a program which can be used for
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demonstration purposes as long as the operator uses exactly the right
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commands and skirts its numerous bugs, deficiencies, and unimplemented
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portions, or to a special version of a program (frequently with some
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features crippled) which is distributed at little or no cost to the user for
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enticement purposes. 4. [ demoscene ] A sequence of demoeffect s (usually)
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combined with self-composed music and hand-drawn ( pixelated ) graphics.
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These days (1997) usually built to attend a compo. Often called eurodemos
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outside Europe, as most of the demoscene activity seems to have gathered in
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northern Europe and especially Scandinavia. See also intro , dentro.
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