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語源 1

Shortened form of distribution, +‎ -o.

名詞

distro (countable and uncountable, plural distros)

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.
   • 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 […]

3. The act of distributing printed material such as magazines or newspapers.
   • 2004, Anthony Rayson, “South Chicago ABC Zine distro”, in Fifth Estate‎, volume 364:

     I started writing my own zine, Thought Bombs, and organized a distro of other good, anarchist, anti-racist/abolitionist and feminist zines.

派生語

参考

• software package

語源 2

Shortened form of distributor, +‎ -o.

名詞

distro (plural distros)

1. (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.

2. An organization that distributes printed material such as magazines or newspapers.
   • 2025 April 30, Dan Sinker, Things Fall Apart: Punk Planet, Year 12‎:

     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."