demo
/de'moh/ 1. A demonstration of a product, often of an early version or
prototype. A demo is a far more effective way of inducing bugs to manifest
themselves than any number of test runs, especially when important people are
watching.
2. demo version.
3. A program written to demonstrate the programmer's coding ability and/or the
power of the computer it runs on. Such demos are nearly always written in
machine code and traditionally feature scrolling text about the author, his
friends, his code and anything else he fancies and animated graphics.
[Jargon File]
(1994-11-04)
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