Intro

//ˈɪntɹoʊ// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An introduction. informal
  2. 2
    a brief introductory passage to a piece of popular music wordnet
  3. 3
    The opening sequence at beginning of a film, television program, etc. informal
  4. 4
    formally making a person known to another or to the public wordnet
  5. 5
    A small demo produced to promote one's demogroup or for a competition.

    "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."

Verb
  1. 1
    To introduce. informal, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

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