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Pronunciation / Transliteration: beta
"O novo recurso foi lançado em beta."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The second letter of the Greek alphabet.
"Alpha and beta are the first two letters of the Greek alphabet." - 2
A pre-release version of a software program that is given out to a large group of users to try under real-world conditions.
"The company released a public beta of their new operating system."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Phoenician alphabet letter 'bet', the term was adopted into Greek as 'beta' representing the second letter of the Greek alphabet. In modern technological contexts, it evolved during the mid-20th century to designate the second phase of software testing following the initial alpha release.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Beta" is said worldwide
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bêta
Transliteration: bêta
"Le logiciel est actuellement en version bêta."
Beta
Transliteration: Beta
"Die App befindet sich im Beta-Test."
beta
Transliteration: beta
"Il programma è disponibile in versione beta."
beta
Transliteration: beta
"El juego está en fase beta antes de su lanzamiento."
beta
Transliteration: beta
"O novo recurso foi lançado em beta."
बीटा
Transliteration: biṭā
"यह सॉफ्टवेयर अभी बीटा संस्करण में है।"
测试版
Transliteration: cèshì bǎn
"该应用程序目前处于测试版阶段。"
베타
Transliteration: beta
"이 게임은 현재 베타 테스트 중입니다."
ベータ
Transliteration: bēta
"そのソフトウェアは現在ベータ版です。"
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