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)