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• demoeffect n. [demoscene] What among hackers is called a display hack.
  Classical effects include "plasma" (colorful mess), "keftales" (x*x+y*y and other similar patterns, usually combined with color-cycling), realtime fractals, realtime 3d graphics, etc....
• 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....
• warez d00dz /weirz doodz/ n. A substantial subculture of crackers refer to themselves as `warez d00dz'
  here is evidently some connection with B1FF here....
• demoparty n. [demoscene] Aboveground descendant of the copyparty, with emphasis shifted away from software piracy and towards compos.
  Smaller demoparties, for 100 persons or less, are held quite often, sometimes even once a month, and usually last for one to two days....
• compo n. [demoscene] Finnish-originated slang for `competition'.
  Demo compos are held at a demoparty. The usual protocol is that several groups make demos for a compo, they are shown on a big screen, and then the party participants vote for the best one....
• copyparty n. [C64/amiga demoscene ]A computer party organized so demosceners can meet other in real life, and to facilitate software copying (mostly pirated software).
  The copyparty has become less common as the Internet makes communication easier....
• intro n. [demoscene] Introductory screen of some production.
  2. A short demo, usually showing just one or two screens....
• dentro /den'troh/ [demoscene] Combination of demo (sense 4) and intro.
  Other name mixings include intmo, dentmo etc. and are used usually when the authors are not quite sure whether the program is a demo or an intro....
• TMRC /tmerk'/ n. The Tech Model Railroad Club at MIT, one of the wellsprings of hacker culture.
  The 1959 "Dictionary of the TMRC Language" compiled by Peter Samson included several terms that became basics of the hackish vocabulary (see esp....