What is meaning of "BETA"?

Question

Well. I m not technical persona and that’s not my field. But for curiosity I want to ask what is meaning of Yahoo BETA, Google BETA and AOL BETA…I didn’t get it! What is meaning of this Word or version "BETA"?

Answer 1

As others have indicated, an indication of "BETA" on software as you're describing indicates that it's "test" software -- meaning it's prior to an official "release" of the software.



Beta is the second letter in the greek alphabet, and software often also has "Alpha" releases, which are (typically) to a more limited audience than Beta software. Beta software, in turn, is frequently (though not always -- especially in these days of Internet-based software, like Google or Yahoo) distributed to a more limited audience than a final release.



These days, some software (e.g. gmail -- see second source link) is released to the world as a "beta" release for a long time, or may even never leave "beta" -- this typically is indicative of software that is frequently changing. These may be large or small changes. The label "beta" just indicates that the software may have some instability -- so you may want to avoid it for "production" or "mission-critical" uses, which require stability and reliability which may be absent in a beta release.

Answer 2

It's a stage in software development.



Alpha stage is when the software is in the beginning stages of development and design. At this point it is buggy, not every feature is in place, and things may not work at all.



Beta is the stage where the software is stable in the development house and is time to allow the general public to take a whack at it and to report the bugs that the developers may not have found because since they developed the software, they have a certain way of doing something. Allowing the public to take a crack at it, allows the developers to see how the software holds up in real life applications.



Release Candidate is the stage where all the results from the Beta is in and anything wrong is corrected. This is the stage where they are reasonable sure that the product is good to go.



Current Release is the version that is now the current incarnation of the software and is available to the public at large.



In the cases you give above, Beta is AOL, Google or Yahoo letting selected members of the population take a crack at the latest version of the software under development.

Answer 3

Beta testing (named for the second letter of the Greek alphabet, but you didn't need to know this) means that a piece of software is not quite perfected yet. They're admitting that there may be bugs in the software, but they want to let people use it and find and report these bugs for them.



This is in contrast with Alpha testing, where the whole thing is so unstable they don't even want you to rely on it working all the time. Alpha software made by a company is rarely seen outside of the building, but open source and hobbyist projects releases alpha software all the time.

Answer 4

It just describes what state of release something is in.



ALPHA is an early version, it may not work correctly at all or it may crash or have a lot of bugs

BETA is a version just before release, it should generally work correctly but you can expect a few bugs here and there



Google seemed to have a lot of their products in permanent beta status there for a while, even though everyone used them.

Answer 5

This would mean a "test" version.



If there is something call Yahoo BETA, that means that there is a test version of Yahoo.

Answer 6

Its like a first stage of a application, like a testing ground. Whenever u hear beta that is usually waht they are talking about unless you are talking about the old beta video tapes.

Answer 7

It means that it is still being developed. Beta Releases often have bugs and glitches in them. They are released so that people may find said bugs and glitches and help the developer by reporting them so that they may be addressed.

Answer 8

Yes, he says 'Oh, man!' but in a way that, if it were spelled how it sounds, it would be spelled ' oh, maaaaan'. He stretches out the vowel. It's not uncommon for people to extend vowel sounds in some phrases. For example, someone may say 'come ooooon' when trying to hurry someone up or start moving. Fonzie from the Happy Days is famous for his 'Ayyyyy" Check the link below for a montage. (Everyone loves montages. ;) )

Answer 9

It means" Bitches Eat Tires Anonymous "

Hope that helps ya!