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demo version at English => English (Computer) Of Explained:

demo version

1. An early, barely-functional version of a program which
can be used for demonstration purposes as long as the operator
uses *exactly* the right commands and skirts its numerous
bugs, deficiencies, and unimplemented portions.

2. A special version of a finished program (frequently with
some features crippled) which is distributed at little or no
cost to the user for enticement purposes. See {crippleware}.

(1994-11-04)