Meanings
plural intros
- informalAn introduction.
- computingA 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.
1999, brainpower / digital artists, “Win32 demos”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos (Usenet)2 more examples
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)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
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
nounformally making a person known to another or to the public
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁énteros“inner, what is inside”
- Latinintrōductiō“lead-in, introduction”
- Englishintro
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.
More words from Latin, Proto-Indo-European
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Dutch intro
- introshort form of introduction
Finnish intro
- introshort form of introduction
French intro
- introshort form of introduction
German intro
- introshort form of introduction
Italian intro
- introshort form of introduction
Latin intro
- introshort form of introduction
Portuguese intro
- introshort form of introduction
Spanish intro
- introshort form of introduction
Swedish intro
- introshort form of introduction
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intro. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intro
“intro.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intro. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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