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Demoscene vs Graphician - What's the difference?

demoscene | graphician |

As nouns the difference between demoscene and graphician

is that demoscene is the informal international community that produces and watches demos (audiovisual computer programs) while graphician is a designer of graphics for computer software.

demoscene

English

(wikipedia demoscene)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (computing) The informal international community that produces and watches demos (audiovisual computer programs).
  • * 2005 , Chris Gehman, Steve Reinke, The sharpest point: animation at the end of cinema
    • Demoscene is an extremely arcane subculture characterized by endlessly clashing perspectives, trends, and technological innovations.
  • * 2006 , Karen Hellekson, Kristina Busse, Fan fiction and fan communities in the age of the Internet: new essays
    • Casual computer users could not create these texts; in fact, the driving force behind most of the hacker teams in the demoscene was the prospect of creating a demo that exceeded the abilities of all other hackers...
  • * 2009 , John Impagliazzo, Timo Järvi, Petri Paju, History of Nordic Computing 2
    • The demoscene is chiefly a European community that originates from the mid-1980s and continues to exist even today.

    Derived terms

    * demoscener

    See also

    *

    graphician

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing, nonstandard, chiefly, demoscene) A designer of graphics for computer software.
  • * 2000 , "Teemu Lahti", We need a graphician'' (discussion on Internet newsgroup ''comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos )
    • I have a demogroup called Kontio and we need a graphician , who can make 2D and 3D. Our website is not yet online, but it will be someday. Contact me, if you are interested!!
  • * 1998 , "Lars Sobiraj", graphician wanted!'' (discussion on Internet newsgroup ''alt.amiga.demos )
    • Darkage is desperatly (SIC) searching for a graphician !

    Usage notes

    * This nonstandard English term is particularly common in the international demoscene. A person having this role in industry would usually be called a graphic artist'' or ''graphic designer .