intro

Definition

An introduction.

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.

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "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."
• "Games, demos, intros. They were the same, this was the scene. The trend was that you cracked and made demos and intros."