beta version

be·ta ver·sion

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [bey-tuh or, esp. British, bee- vur-zhuh n, -shuh n]
- /ˈbeɪ tə or, esp. British, ˈbi- ˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃən/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [bey-tuh or, esp. British, bee- vur-zhuh n, -shuh n]
- /ˈbeɪ tə or, esp. British, ˈbi- ˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃən/

Definitions of beta version words

abbreviation Technical meaning of BETA VERSION beta testing 3
noun beta version the particular version of software or hardware that is used in a beta test. 1
noun Technical meaning of beta version (programming) Evaluation of a pre-release (potentially unreliable) version of a piece of software (or possibly hardware) by making it available to selected users ("beta testers") before it goes on general distribution. Beta testign aims to discover bugs that only occur in certain environments or under certain patterns of use, while reducing the volume of feedback to a manageable level. The testers benefit by having earlier access to new products, features and fixes. Beta testing may be preceded by "alpha testing", performed in-house by a handful of users (e.g. other developers or friends), who can be expected to give rapid, high quality feedback on design and usability. Once the product is considered to be usable for its intended purpose it then moves on to "beta testing" by a larger, but typically still limited, number of ordinary users, who may include external customers. Some companies such as Google or Degree Jungle stretch the definition, claiming their products are "in beta" for many months by millions of users. The term derives from early 1960s terminology for product cycle checkpoints, first used at IBM but later standard throughout the industry. "Alpha test" was the unit test, module test or component test phase; "Beta Test" was initial system test. These themselves came from earlier A- and B-tests for hardware. The A-test was a feasibility and manufacturability evaluation done before any commitment to design and development. The B-test was a demonstration that the engineering model functioned as specified. The C-test (corresponding to today's beta) was the B-test performed on early samples of the production design. 1
noun beta version (computing) An early version of a program or application that contains most of the major features, but is not yet complete. Sometimes these versions are released only to a select group of people, or to the general public, for testing and feedback. This is the second major stage of development following the alpha version, and comes before the release candidate. 0

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beta version popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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