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Demo vs Megademo - What's the difference?

demo | megademo |

As nouns the difference between demo and megademo

is that demo is while megademo is (demoscene) a large, long-running demo, sometimes one that multiloads.

demo

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
    • After hearing the demo the record label approved funding to record the song with a full band.
  • 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)
    • 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
  • * 2008 , Tamás Polgár, Freax: the brief history of the demoscene: Volume 1
    • A very successful PC demo from 1993, Second Reality from Future Crew
  • Democrat.
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  • Demolition.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To record a demo version of a song, usually not intended for commercial release.
    • The band demoed thirty songs. Their manager thought that ten of the songs would make a good record.
  • To demonstrate.

    • Anagrams

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    megademo

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (demoscene) A large, long-running demo, sometimes one that multiloads.
  • * 2003 , Ernest Adams, Break into the game industry: how to get a job making video games
    • I asked him to look at an Amiga "megademo" I was working on at the time. When he later saw the demo, he was so impressed he hired me on the spot
  • * 2005', "Kevin Savetz", ''ST>Atari ST 20 years '''megademo released'' (on newsgroup ''comp.sys.atari.announce )
    • Twenty years after the release of the Atari ST, the atari(SIC) demoscene proudly announces the release of the '20 years' megademo .