demo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛm.əʊ/
ipa: /ˈdɛm.oʊ/
rhymes: -ɛməʊ
Forms: form: demos
Etymology: Clipping of demonstration and various other words beginning with "demo-".
Senses: examples: text: The professor prepared a demo to help her class understand the topic.
text: ER received the first of its own HSTs on September 7 1977, with a handover taking place at York. It then worked a demo run to Darlington with power cars 43057 and 43056.
ref: 2019 December 18, Richard Clinnick, “Traction transition: HST to Azuma”, in Rail, page 33:
text: But she added that “public demos like this are important for building truly robust conversational AI systems and bridging the clear gap that exists today before such systems can be productionized.”
ref: 2022 August 11, Catherine Thorbecke, “It didn’t take long for Meta’s new chatbot to say something offensive”, in CNN Business:
glosses: A demonstration or visual explanation.
examples: text: After hearing the demo the record label approved funding to record the song with a full band.
glosses: A recording of a song meant to demonstrate its overall sound for the purpose of getting it published or recorded more fully.
synonyms: floor model
glosses: An example of a product used for demonstration and then sold at a discount.
examples: text: Elli standing there, takes a sip of her tea, fixes hostile eyes on Somraj and says, ‘Well, what are you waiting for? You signed the petition against yourself, will you now join our demo against you?’
ref: 2007, Indra Sinha, Animal's People, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
synonyms: march
demonstration
glosses: A march or gathering to make a political protest.
examples: text: The game's developers released a demo version to the public 3 months before the full release.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An edition of limited functionality to give the user an example of how the program works.
examples: text: Effect 6: Gouraud spacecut - Probably the worst effect in the demo - has been done miles better before!
ref: 1995, dro...@vnet.ibm.com, “Demo review - Killing time by oxyron”, in alt.sys.amiga.demos (Usenet):
text: This party will have it all for the Amiga scener: demos, competitions, dealers, and huge projection screen and sound system to entertain you.
ref: 1996, John Bus, “Amiga Domain - An Aussie Scene Party!”, in alt.sys.amiga.demos (Usenet):
text: Though the idea of procedural textures has been around for years, they have primarily been exploited by the demo scene, made famous by impressive demos like kkrieger, and haven't hit it big in the game industry yet[…]
ref: 2007, Game Face, numbers 21-25:
text: A very successful PC demo from 1993, Second Reality from Future Crew[…]
ref: 2008, Tamás Polgár, Freax: the brief history of the demoscene: Volume 1:
topics: computing
demoscene
engineering
lifestyle
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A non-interactive audiovisual computer program developed by enthusiasts to demonstrate the capabilities of the machine. See demoscene.
glosses: A democrat.
examples: text: No more ‘is it good?’ or even ‘is it original?’, only ‘does it work in the demo?’ – ‘demo’ as in ‘demographics’, not to be confused with ‘democracy’, much less ‘demonstration’.
ref: 2000 September 21, Hal Foster, “Slumming with Rappers at the Roxy”, in London Review of Books, volume 22, number 18, →ISSN:
text: Our target demo is sports-minded families, and a good part of our clientele is moms who are with dad and the kids.
ref: 2005, Market Watch, page 41:
text: Where taste communities and Nielsen demos differ is in the way they’re used. Demo ratings are how linear networks measure success; taste communities are the tool Netflix relies on to drive viewers to new material it estimates they might want to watch.
ref: 2018 June 11, Josef Adalian, “Inside the Binge Factory”, in New York Magazine:
glosses: A demographic group.
examples: text: The demo portion of the reno project is the relatively fast and inexpensive part. The rebuilding takes more time and money.
qualifier: especially construction and DIY
glosses: Demolition.
Derived terms: counterdemo
democoder
demofreak
demogroup
demo-itis
demolike
demomaker
demomaking
demoparty
demo reel
demoscene
demostyle
demo tape
demoware
dentro
eurodemo
megademo
minidemo
Philodemician
rolling demo
trackmo