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• alpha test
  alpha test

  noun

  an early test of new or updated software or hardware conducted by the developers or manufacturers prior to beta-testing by potential users.
• alpha-test
  alpha-test

  verb (used with object)

  to subject (software or hardware) to an alpha test.

alpha test

¹ American  

noun

Computers.

1. an early test of new or updated software or hardware conducted by the developers or manufacturers prior to beta-testing by potential users.

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alpha-test ² American  

verb (used with object)

Computers.

1. to subject (software or hardware) to an alpha test.

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alpha-test British  

noun

1. an in-house test of a new or modified piece of computer software

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verb

1. to test (software) in this way Compare beta-test

Etymology

Origin of alpha-test

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

Programmer Nev Bourne executes the alpha test of SavePoint 2.0, a prefrontal cortex implant that uses loop quantum gravity to let users leap five seconds back in time.

From Scientific American • Jun. 20, 2023

For instance, the Greek pantheon resembles the superuser avatars that the development team used in our alpha test.

From Nature • May 17, 2016

The one she retrieved during her first alpha test.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti