1. An early, barely-functional version of a program which
can be used for demonstration purposes as long as the operator
uses *exactly* the right commands and skirts its numerous
bugs, deficiencies, and unimplemented portions.
2. A special version of a finished program (frequently with
some features crippled) which is distributed at little or no
cost to the user for enticement purposes. See
crippleware.
(1994-11-04)