demo mode

2 definitions found

demo mode - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  demo mode
  
     (Sun) 1. The state of being heads down in order to finish
     code in time for a demo, usually due yesterday.
  
     2. <games> (Or "attract mode") A mode in which video games sit
     by themselves running through a portion of the game.  Some
     serious apps have a demo mode they use as a screen saver, or
     may go through a demo mode on startup (for example, the
     Microsoft Windows opening screen - which lets you impress
     your neighbors without actually having to put up with
     Microsloth Windows).
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1995-02-22)
  

demo mode - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  demo mode
   n.
  
     1. [Sun] The state of being heads down in order to finish code in
     time for a demo, usually due yesterday.
  
     2. A mode in which video games sit by themselves running through a
     portion of the game, also known as attract mode. Some serious apps
     have a demo mode they use as a screen saver, or may go through a demo
     mode on startup (for example, the Microsoft Windows opening screen --
     which lets you impress your neighbors without actually having to put
     up with Microsloth Windows).