intro
/ˈɪntɹoʊ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.81 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
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."
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.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: intrōductiō, *h₁énteros
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɪntɹoʊ/