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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.
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