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A basic recording of an aspiring band. Usually cheaply and easily put together. Often used to get gigs at venues. Also used to develop a following at local level.
"Heres a demo tape of my group"

"Send us a demo and we'll get you guys a gig"
Demo by angertrain August 12, 2008
Some kind of trial for a program
This demo is too short
demo by SUPER-TROGDOR September 15, 2003
(1) Demonstration (noun, adj) - used in engineering and business.
(2) Demonstrate (verb) - used in engineering and business.
(3) Demographic (noun) - The target demographic. Used by political types.
(4) Democratic (adj) - confusingly, also used by political types.
(5) Demolish (verb) - used by building contractors.
(1) Demonstration

They're doing the new product demo at 3:00 in the conference room.

It's not the real thing, it's only a demo.

It's just demo code. We'll rewrite it when we have a spec to work from.

(2) Demonstrate

They want us to demo the final release version on-site next week.

(3) Target demographic

Don't even try to robocall cell phones, the young'uns aren't in the demo.

(4) Democratic

City Demo Club

(5) Demolish

We're gonna demo this wall and put in a wet bar.
demo by vanilla g-lotto December 19, 2004
Translation of the word "but" or "although" in japanese pop culture. Often used in anime.
I used to think 'demo' was a preview of an album, but (demo) now I know it also means but (demo).
Demo by Kelsey D May 26, 2008
v. to try out; to sample
-I'm going to demo some of your leftovers.
-Let me demo you shirt and see if I like it.
demo by TXFLIP December 17, 2008
verb, to destroy (shortened form of demolish)
Hey, asshole, you demoed my coffee table!

Let's demo this place!

Whenever he gets tanked, he demoes stuff.

Tank, skid, and demo!
demo by FarmBoy December 26, 2005