distro
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Shortened form of distribution, + -o.
Noun[edit]
distro (countable and uncountable, plural distros)
- (Internet, software, countable) A set of software components, often open source, that have been packaged into a larger product or component for distribution to end-users.
- (Internet slang, uncountable) The propagation of warez by distributing it to various sites.
- 1998, “Bubba Zenetti”, in Need Good FTP sites....Distro's and non-ratio sites-Please.:
- 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 […]
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Shortened form of distributor, + -o.
Noun[edit]
distro (plural distros)
- (slang) A mid-level drug dealer; A distributor.
- 2019 October 7, Courtney A. Kemp, Theo Travers, Andre J. Ferguson, 21:00 from the start, in Power(Like Father, Like Son), season 6, episode 7 (TV series), spoken by Jason Micic (Mike Dopud):
- 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.
Translations[edit]
set of software components
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
distro m (plural distro's, diminutive distrootje n)
- distro, especially an open-source distribution, often of Linux
Categories:
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɪstɹəʊ
- Rhymes:English/ɪstɹəʊ/2 syllables
- English terms suffixed with -o
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Internet
- en:Software
- English internet slang
- English terms with quotations
- English slang
- Dutch terms borrowed from English
- Dutch terms derived from English
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- Dutch masculine nouns
- nl:Software