Demo vs Dero - What's the difference?
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A demonstration or visual explanation.
A recording of a song meant to demonstrate its overall sound for the purpose of getting it published or recorded more fully.
an example of a product used for demonstration and then sold at a discount
a march or gathering to make a political protest
(computing) An edition of limited functionality to give the user an example of how the program works.
(computing, demoscene) a non-interactive audiovisual computer program developed by enthusiasts to demonstrate the capabilities of the machine (see demoscene)
* 2007 , Game Face (issues 21-25)
* 2008 , Tamás Polgár, Freax: the brief history of the demoscene: Volume 1
Democrat.
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Demolition.
To record a demo version of a song, usually not intended for commercial release.
To demonstrate.
(Australia) A homeless person, a tramp; a social derelict.
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Underground subhumans who kidnap humans for torture and food.
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* 1987 , Martin Gardner, Riddles of the sphinx, and other mathematical puzzle tales'', Mathematical Association of America, ISBN 0883856336, page 62 (originally published ''Isaac Asimov's science fiction magazine , Volume 10)
* 2000 , Harold A. Skaarup, Visitors: Questions & Answers , ISBN 0595133282,
* 2011 , David Halperin, Journal of a UFO Investigator , ISBN 0670022454
As nouns the difference between demo and dero
is that demo is while dero is (australia) a homeless person, a tramp; a social derelict or dero can be underground subhumans who kidnap humans for torture and food.demo
English
Noun
(en noun)- After hearing the demo the record label approved funding to record the song with a full band.
- Though the idea of procedural textures has been around for years, they have primarily been exploited by the demo scene, made famous by impressive demos like kkrieger, and haven't hit it big in the game industry yet
- A very successful PC demo from 1993, Second Reality from Future Crew
Verb
(en verb)- The band demoed thirty songs. Their manager thought that ten of the songs would make a good record.
Anagrams
* ----dero
English
Etymology 1
From (derelict).Alternative forms
* derroNoun
(en noun)citation
Synonyms
* See alsoEtymology 2
From (detrimental) (robots). Invented by and first published in "I Remember Lemuria!" in Amazing Stories , March 1945.Alternative forms
* derroNoun
(en noun)I Remember Lemuria and The return of Sathanas], [http://www.sacred-texts.com/ufo/irl/irl10.htm page 84
- No laughing matter now, these ugly dwarfs! They were dero'', children of ''dero , enslaved in some manner by the derodite master who sought the death of all Mu!
- They were supposed to be wicked creatures who lived underground, as described in Richard Shaver's notorious SF tales of the late forties. I had always assumed that Shaver's stories were pure fiction, yet here I was, talking to a dero!
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- Teros. A term describing various human groups who inhabit the cavern systems and who have reestablished antediluvian cities beneath the North American continent. Many of these may be descended from older civilizations such as ancient native Americans who went underground hundreds and or(sic) thousands of years ago. They also refer to the
' Dero' which apparently consist of Draconian elements (Evadamic).
- “The dero caves are not a joke,” Rochelle said. “Richard Shaver's welding gun—or whatever was talking to him—was telling him the truth. Mostly the truth anyway.”