demo

n. Informal, pl., -os.

1. 1. A demonstration, as of a product or service.
   2. A brief tape or recording illustrating the abilities of a musician or other performer.
2. A product, such as an automobile, used for demonstration and often sold later at a discount.

demo dem'o v.

dem·o² (dĕm'ō)
n. Informal
Demolition.

Reel of broadcast programs, announcements, special projects, or commercials put together by an actor, director, production company, advertising agency, or the like, to demonstrate the ability and prestige of its owner; also called sample reel. See also cassette.

[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.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - opvisning, demonstration, prøveeksemplar
v. tr. - demonstrere, prøveoptage

Nederlands (Dutch)
demo(bandje), demonstratie, betoging

Français (French)
n. - manif, démo (logiciel, groupe musical)
v. tr. - démontrer les capacités de, enregistrer (une chanson pour une présentation à qn)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Demo, Kundgebung
v. - etw. zeigen, etw. vorführen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n., -
abbr. - διαδήλωση, επίδειξη, μαγνητοταινία παρουσίασης εκτέλεσης μουσικού κομματιού σε δισκογραφικές εταιρίες

Italiano (Italian)
dimostrazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - demonstração (f)
abbr. - demonstração

Русский (Russian)
демонстрация, демонстрационный экземпляр, демонстрационная версия

Español (Spanish)
n. - demostración, manifestación, exhibición, muestra
v. tr. - demostrar, manifestar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - demoskiva, demonstrationsexemplar
abbr. - demonstration

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
示威, 样本唱片, 陈列的商品, 陈列

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 示威, 樣本唱片, 陳列的商品
v. tr. - 陳列

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 시위, 시위자, 광고용 표본
v. tr. - 능력을 보여주다, 기능을 설명하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - デモ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تجربه إيضاحيه, برهان عملي, عمليه شرح أو وصف شئ بالاستعانه بأمثله أو تجارب (اختصار) مختصر Demonstration‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הפגנה, הצגת יכולות, בד"כ של תוכנת מחשב או תזמורת‬
v. tr. - ‮הציג את אפשרויות הפעולה של תוכנה או ציוד, הקליט (שיר) כדי להשמיעו לאחרים‬

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