/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.
