Demo

Demo, usually short for demonstration, may refer to:

Music and film

 * Demo (music), a song typically recorded for reference rather than for release
 * Demo (Behind Crimson Eyes), a 2004 recording by the band Behind Crimson Eyes
 * Demo (Deafheaven album), a 2010 EP by Deafheaven
 * Demo (The Flatliners album), a 2002 album by the band The Flatliners
 * Demo (Miss May I album), a 2008 recording by the metalcore band Miss May I
 * "Demo", a 1990 single by Die Krupps
 * "Demo" (P-Model song), a 1979 recording by songwriters Susumu Hirasawa and Yasumi Tanaka
 * Demo (Skinless), a 1994 recording by the band Skinless
 * Demo 2004 (Year of No Light album), a 2004 recording by Year of No Light
 * Demo #2, an unreleased recording by Neutral Milk Hotel
 * Demo, 2008 debut EP by Yuna

Computing and technology

 * Demo (computer programming), a multimedia spectacle of programming skill
 * The Demo, a computer demonstration in 1968, sometimes called "the mother of all demos"
 * DEMOnstration Power Plant (DEMO), a proposed nuclear fusion power plant
 * Design & Engineering Methodology for Organizations (DEMO), an enterprise modelling methodology
 * Demo mode, a feature often found in consumer electronics
 * Game demo, a freely-distributed version of a video game
 * Game replay, or demo, a recording of a video game which is played back within the game's engine
 * Technology demo, a prototype version of a technology product

People

 * Demo (ancient Greek poet), ancient Greek poet
 * Demo (zsnes), one of the authors of the ZSNES software emulator
 * Demo Cates, Canadian musician; see Juno Awards of 1985
 * dEmo (artist), Spanish artist (born 1960)

Other uses

 * Demo (comics), a comic book series by Brian Wood and Becky Cloonan
 * A short form of Demonstration (protest)
 * Demonstration (teaching), teaching by reason or proof using examples or experiments
 * Product demonstration, a sales or marketing presentation
 * Demolition, the destruction of buildings and other structures
 * Exhibition game, a sporting event with no competitive value to any competitor
 * DEMOs, a business process design methodology by Jan Dietz
 * Demo, a daughter of the gods Celeus and Metaneira
 * DEMO conference, held annually by IDG for new technology products
 * d.e.m.o., a defunct clothing store owned by Pac Sun
 * Demoman, one of the nine playable classes in Team Fortress 2