What is Demo?
1.
A program written to show off the mad skillz of a coder, graphician and musician.
Second reality was the most amazing PC demo, it made us go WHOAH! Then there was Second Reality for the C64 and it made us go "touche`".
2.
(1) Demonstration (noun, adj) - used in engineering and business.
(2) Demonstrate (verb) - used in engineering and business.
(3) Demographic (noun) - The target demographic. Used by political types.
(4) Democratic (adj) - confusingly, also used by political types.
(5) Demolish (verb) - used by building contractors.
(1) Demonstration
They're doing the new product demo at 3:00 in the conference room.
It's not the real thing, it's only a demo.
It's just demo code. We'll rewrite it when we have a
spec to work from.
(2) Demonstrate
They want us to demo the final release version
on-site next week.
(3) Target demographic
Don't even try to
robocall cell phones, theyoung'un s aren't in the demo.
(4) Democratic
City Demo Club
(5) Demolish
We're gonna demo this wall and put in a
wet bar .
3.
Some kind of trial for a program
This demo is too short
4.
verb, to destroy (shortened form of demolish)
Hey, asshole, you demoed my coffee table!
Let's demo this place!
Whenever he gets tanked, he demoes stuff.
Tank ,skid , and demo!
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5.
Translation of the word "but" or "although" in japanese pop culture. Often used in anime.
I used to think 'demo' was a preview of an album, but (demo) now I know it also means but (demo).
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6.
v. to try out; to sample
-I'm going to demo some of your leftovers.
-Let me demo you shirt and see if I like it.
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7.
A basic recording of an aspiring band. Usually cheaply and easily put together. Often used to get gigs at venues. Also used to develop a following at local level.
"Heres a demo tape of my group"
"Send us a demo and we'll get you guys a gig"
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