invitro

See also: in vitro and in-vitro

English

Etymology

Blend of invite +‎ intro

Pronunciation

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

Noun

invitro (plural invitros)

1. (demoscene) An intro that provides details of a forthcoming demoparty to which viewers are invited.
   • 1996, John Bus, “Amiga Domain - An Aussie Scene Party!”, in alt.sys.amiga.demos (Usenet):

     This party will have it all for the Amiga scener: demos, competitions, dealers, and huge projection screen and sound system to entertain you. […] And keep an eye out for the DA official party invitro, to be released in a month or two's time.

   • 2001, Egbert Teeselink, “Ready to use Demosystem libraries (was: Re: DemoGL v1.3 Final released)”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos (Usenet):

     since when should all invitations be executables? :P
     anyway, the sf2k invitro should be looked at as a demo, just like the VIP2 invitro, for instance