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Definition: Demo |
DemoNoun1. A visual presentation showing how something works; "the lecture was accompanied by dramatic demonstrations". Verb1. Show or demonstrate something to an interested audience; "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "demo" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Demo /de'moh/ [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. Source: Jargon File. |
Post & Telecom | Demonstration material. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Demo."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
DEMO | Dutch | Demonstratiereactor voor kernfusie | N/A |
DEMO | English | Demonstration Fusion Power Reactor | N/A |
DEMO | French | Réacteur fusion nucléaire de démonstration | Nuclear Energy & Physics, Electrical Engineering |
DEMO | Italian | Reattore dimostrativo a fusione nucleare | Nuclear Energy & Physics, Electrical Engineering |
DEMO | Portuguese | Reactor de fusão nuclear de demonstração | Nuclear Energy & Physics, Electrical Engineering |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: DemoSynonyms: demonstration (n), demonstrate (v), exhibit (v), present (v), show (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Demo |
| English words defined with "demo": demonstrate ♦ exhibit ♦ present ♦ show. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "demo": Altair 8800 ♦ Compo ♦ demo mode, demo version, demoeffect, demogroup, demonstration reactor for nuclear fusion, demoparty, demoscene, dentro ♦ eurodemo ♦ Next European Tokamak, Next European Torus ♦ Object-Oriented Turing ♦ pnambic ♦ QTRADER ♦ smoke and mirrors, suicideware. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Demo" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (demo), Latin (subtract, to remove, to take away), Portuguese (DEMO, demonstration reactor for nuclear fusion), Serbo-Croatian (demo), Shona (ax). |
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Screenplays | Just listen to my demo. Don't you remember when you first started (Thank God It's Friday; writing credit: Armyan Bernstein) Hardware. I was hoping to demo your unit (Fair Game; writing credit: Charlie Fletcher) | |
Lyrics | Leave that ass leakin, like rapper demo (Hypnotize; performing artist: The Notorious B.I.G.) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Demo Crew (2001) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | F-16 demo team performs at Asian Aerospace '98. |  | An employee of NRCS helps students plant a tree that is part of a demonstration riparian buffer in Greene County in west central Iowa. NRCS and other groups helped Trees Forever establish more than 100 such demo sites across Iowa. Credit: Lynn Betts. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | The sale of a complex information security system can take up to a year. The client not only requests a demo and quotations but does a thorough evaluation of the system. (references) | |
Economic History | Bahrain | The second stage will be concerned with one of the main islands on which 1200 units will be built and a number of demo units will be built for investors' viewing. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Demo" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 95.96% of the time. "Demo" is used about 223 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 95.96% | 214 | 20,696 |
| Unclassified Items | 1.79% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.9% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.9% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (common) | 0.45% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 223 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "demo" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Demo | Last name | 400 | 21,644 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "demo": demo mode ♦ demo tape ♦ demo version. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "demo": demo-competition, demo-cracy, demo-dudes, demo-ing, demo-making, demo-sized, demo-tape. | |
Ending with "demo": ex-demo, geo-demo. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
game demo | 3,941 | quake 3 demo | 203 |
demo | 2,886 | demo download | 198 |
pc game demo | 1,161 | free pc game demo | 197 |
free demo game | 948 | warcraft 3 demo | 184 |
pc demo | 579 | demo derby | 178 |
demo hulk | 395 | half life demo | 173 |
free demo | 393 | unreal tournament demo | 163 |
demo enter matrix | 389 | 2 demo postal | 147 |
sims demo | 361 | cell demo splinter | 143 |
1942 battlefield demo | 298 | roller coaster tycoon demo | 138 |
counter strike demo | 284 | game demo downloads | 133 |
demo software | 281 | free game demo downloads | 131 |
3 demo doom | 267 | gta demo | 127 |
demo nation rise | 262 | pc game demo downloads | 127 |
american conquest demo | 262 | 2 coaster demo roller tycoon | 122 |
flash demo | 255 | demo gta3 | 120 |
2 demo half life | 220 | 2003 demo tournament unreal | 117 |
star craft demo | 211 | medal of honor demo | 116 |
game demo download | 211 | grand theft auto demo | 115 |
2 demo halo | 205 | command conquer demo general | 115 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "demo"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | demonstrim (demonstration, flourish, ostentation, parade, show), demonstratë (demonstration). (various references) | |
Arabic | عرض (array, bid, breadth, broaden, display, evince, exhibit, expose, exposition, exposure, feature, hang, hang out, hold out, imply, indication, introduction, lineup, mount, offer, offering, overture, pageant, parade, predispose, present, presentation, presenting, produce, proffer, propound, recital, retrace, review, set, set out, setting, show, state, statement, subject, submit, surrey, symptom, trot out, widen, width), إستعراض (review, survey), بادئة معناها الشعب العامة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | демократ (democrat, hunker), демонстрация (demonstration, show), демонстратор (demonstrator). (various references) | |
Czech | demonstrace (demonstration, March, parade). (various references) | |
Danish | demonstrationsreaktor for kernefusion (demonstration reactor for nuclear fusion), DEMO (demonstration reactor for nuclear fusion). (various references) | |
Dutch | demonstratiereactor voor kernfusie (demonstration reactor for nuclear fusion), DEMO (demonstration reactor for nuclear fusion). (various references) | |
Finnish | demonstraatiofuusioreaktori (demonstration reactor for nuclear fusion), DEMO-fuusioreaktori (demonstration reactor for nuclear fusion). (various references) | |
French | DEMO (demonstration reactor for nuclear fusion), réacteur fusion nucléaire de démonstration (demonstration reactor for nuclear fusion), matériel de démonstration, manif. (various references) | |
German | Demo (demonstration reactor for nuclear fusion). (various references) | |
Greek | DΕΜΟ (demonstration reactor for nuclear fusion), διαδήλωση (demonstration, demonstration of). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ""'מ" (demonstration, exemplification, illustration, representation). (various references) | |
Hungarian | bemutató példány, tüntetés (demonstration, ostentation), demo felvétel. (various references) | |
Italian | dimostrazione (argument, demonstration, evidence, proof, show), dimostrativo (advertent), di dimostrazione (demonstration), DEMO (demonstration reactor for nuclear fusion), reattore dimostrativo a fusione nucleare (demonstration reactor for nuclear fusion), prodotto di dimostrazione. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | デポジット制度 (demagogue, demand, demand bus, demerit, demi-, Deming, demi-tasse, democracy, democrat, democratic, demodulator, demographic, demonstration, demonstration tape, Depo-provera, deposit system, devilish, rumor)). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | デモ (demonstration). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | emoday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | DEMO (demonstration reactor for nuclear fusion), reactor de fusão nuclear de demonstração (demonstration reactor for nuclear fusion), programa demonstrativo (demonstration program, demonstration programme), passeata (jaunt, parade). (various references) | |
Russian | массовый митинг (a mass meeting), показ (display, exhibit, exhibition, layout, parade, presentation, run, shew, show), демонстрация (airing, demonstration), демонстрационный. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | demo, pl. od demos, narod (demos, folk, nation, people). (various references) | |
Spanish | DEMO:reactor de demostración de fusión nuclear (demonstration reactor for nuclear fusion), protesta callejera, modelo de demostración, manifestación callejera, manifestación (avatar, demonstration, display, manifestation, picket, profession, protest march, rally, showing), maní (groundnut, monkeynut, peanut). (various references) | |
Swedish | DEMO (demonstration reactor for nuclear fusion), protestdemonstration. (various references) | |
Turkish | ispat (confirmation, demonstration, evidence, proof, substantiation), gösterme (demonstration, designation, diagnosis, display, indication, pointing, presentation, shew, showing, view), gösteri (demonstration, entertainment, exhibition, house, parade, performance, performing, play, program, programme, shew, show, showing), örgüt toplantısı. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | демонстрація (demonstration). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "demo": demob, demobbed, demobbing, demobilization, demobilizations, demobilize, demobilized, demobilizes, demobilizing, demobs, democracies, democracy, democrat, democratic, democratically, democratization, democratizations, democratize, democratized, democratizer, democratizers, democratizes, democratizing, democrats, demode, demoded, demodulate, demodulated, demodulates, demodulating, demodulation, demodulations, demodulator, demodulators, demoed, demographer, demographers, demographic, demographical, demographically, demographics, demographies, demography, demoing, demoiselle, demoiselles, demolish, demolished, demolisher, demolishers, demolishes. (additional references) | |
Words containing "demo": antidemocratic, cacodemon, cacodemonic, cacodemons, counterdemonstrate, counterdemonstrated, counterdemonstrates, counterdemonstrating, counterdemonstration, counterdemonstrations, counterdemonstrator, counterdemonstrators, eudemon, eudemons, indemonstrable, indemonstrably, mademoiselle, mademoiselles, mesdemoiselles, nondemocratic, pandemonium, pandemoniums, ultrademocratic, undemocratic, undemocratically, undemonstrative, undemonstratively, undemonstrativeness, undemonstrativenesses, widemouthed. (additional references) | |
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"Demo" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ademoa, adeno, bemo, daho, Damo, damyo, debo, dedo, deeioo, deeko, dego, dehmc, deko, Dekom, Delmo, delo, dem, Dema, demak, demax, Dembo, Demek, demic, demol, demp, dems, demux, Denco, deno, denor, deom, Dermo, dero, deto, dewo, dexo, Dezo, dijo, dimbo, Di-meo, dimo, dimot, Dimou, Dimov, Dimu, diom, Djem, Djemaa, dmo, dmu, dnem, doeme, Dommoc, Dompok, domu, Dpmi, duom, dwem, edm, Edme, emo, femo, Kemo, Qenmo, remo, Temo, Zdenko. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: dome, mode. | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-m-o" | |
-1 letter: doe, dom, med, mod, ode. | |
-2 letters: de, do, ed, em, me, mo, od, oe, om. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-m-o" | |
+1 letter: demob, demon, demos, domed, domes, homed, model, modem, modes, monde, mooed, moped, moved, mowed, odeum. | |
+2 letters: bombed, boomed, comade, combed, comedo, comedy, comped, daemon, defoam, deform, demobs, demode, demoed, demons, demote, deworm, dodgem, dolmen, domine, doomed, dormer, dormie, embody, emerod, emodin, emoted, foamed, formed, hemoid, loamed, loomed, meadow, medico, melody, meloid, meoued, meowed, method, moaned, moated, mobbed, mobled, mocked, models, modems, modern, modest, module, mogged, moiled, molded, molder, molted, mondes, monied, mooned, moored, mooted, mopeds, mopped, moshed, mossed, moused, normed, odeums, oedema, omened, pomade, radome, remold, roamed, rodmen, romped, roomed, seldom, smoked, tombed, tommed, wombed, wormed, zoomed. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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