Meaning

(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..

Definitions by Sense

1. (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.
2. (Internet slang, uncountable) The propagation of warez by distributing it to various sites.
3. The act of distributing printed material such as magazines or newspapers.
4. (slang) A mid-level drug dealer; A distributor.
5. 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."

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When Should You Use Distro?

Use distro when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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