intro en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈɪntɹoʊ/ (General-American)
Etymology
Clipping of introduction, from Latin intrōductiō (“lead-in, introduction”) – the abbreviation removes the second part of the compound; the first part ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros (“inner, what is inside”). The demoscene sense comes from the fact that they were originally prepended to pirated copies of computer games.
Meanings
- (informal) An introduction.
- (informal) The opening sequence at beginning of a film, television program, etc.
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A small demo produced to promote one's demogroup or for a competition.
Games, demos, intros. They were the same, this was the scene. The trend was that you cracked and made demos and intros.
2005, Tamás Polgár, Freax: the brief history of the demoscene: Volume 1:Are there any sites that have original copies of games? (ie: Summer/Winter/World Games with Fast Loading). Just looking for games without the trainers/intros.
2001, LJames4728, “Good C64 Game Sites?”, in alt.c64 (Usenet):If the rules specify that the DLLs' size will be added to the 64K limit, there's not a lot of space to code an intro.
1999, brainpower / digital artists, “Win32 demos”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos (Usenet):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| intros | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
wedtro · intromercial · cracktro · BBStro · invitro · introscan · dentro · 4ktro
Translations (9)
es intro (short form of introduction) · la intro (short form of introduction) · nl intro (short form of introduction) · sv intro (short form of introduction) · de intro (short form of introduction) · pt intro (short form of introduction) · fr intro (short form of introduction) · it intro (short form of introduction) · fi intro (short form of introduction)