distro
/ˈdɪstɹoʊ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.45 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A set of software components, often open source, that have been packaged into a larger product or component for distribution to end-users.
Countable
noun
The act of distributing printed material such as magazines or newspapers.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
An organization that distributes printed material such as magazines or newspapers.
Example Sentences
- "If anyone can help me with obtaining a source with an updated ftp list, either distro sites or non ratio sites, please contact me on ICQ […]"
- "I started writing my own zine, Thought Bombs, and organized a distro of other good, anarchist, anti-racist/abolitionist and feminist zines."
- "JASON: Hey Tommy, get over here! TOMMY (played by Joseph Sikora): I was just loading up my shipment, what’s up?. JASON: There’s someone I want you to meet. My guy right here, one of my highest earning distros in New York City, Tommy Egan. Tommy, Rodolfo Ramirez."
- "I went on to explain that we would continue to work with Mordam—who had recently merged with another indie distributor, Lumberjack, to become a much larger distro—for record store distribution but that "now we get the best of both worlds: the best music distributor in the country getting Punk Planet into record stores and the best newsstand distro getting us onto magazine racks.""
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Suffix: o
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈdɪstɹoʊ/
- British English: /ˈdɪstɹəʊ/