Meaning of distro | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A set of software components, often open source, that have been packaged into a larger product or component for distribution to end-users.
   Internet, countable
2. A mid-level drug dealer; A distributor.
   slang
3. The propagation of warez by distributing it to various sites.
   Internet, uncountable
4. An organization that distributes printed material such as magazines or newspapers.
5. The act of distributing printed material such as magazines or newspapers.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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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