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noun Computers.

the particular version of software or hardware that is used in a beta test.

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Origin of beta version

First recorded in 1955–60

Words nearby beta version

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How to use beta version in a sentence

In March, Playbook opened a beta version of its product to the design community and got about 1,000 users in two months.
Playbook, which aims to be the ‘Dropbox for designers,’ raises $4M in round led by Founders Fund|Mary Ann Azevedo|August 26, 2021|TechCrunch
Google Ads launched a beta version of the new Google Ads scripts experience.
Did Google admit it uses click data for search? Not really.; Friday’s daily brief|Barry Schwartz|July 30, 2021|Search Engine Land
The beta version had hundreds of users who cataloged thousands of trips, and the app is now open to the wider public.
This Week in Apps: Poparazzi hype, Instagram drops Likes, Epic trial adjourns|Sarah Perez|May 29, 2021|TechCrunch
Advocates of Capture officially launched at the top of 2021, wrapping up a beta version that ran through most of 2020.
‘We spiraled it into an actual content machine’: Inside a shoe company’s influencer strategy|Kimeko McCoy|April 1, 2021|Digiday

This beta version also included a new creator profile and analytics tools to track performance.
Phone calls critical for business during the pandemic; Tuesday’s daily brief|Pamela Parker|March 2, 2021|Search Engine Land
A more rugged version of American masculinity is hard to find on screen.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But an ad-supported version of Desert Golfing was impossible.
Lost For Thousands of Strokes: 'Desert Golfing' Is 'Angry Birds' as Modern Art|Alec Kubas-Meyer|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
A revised version of the law goes into effect on January 1st, 2015.
Propaganda, Protest, and Poisonous Vipers: The Cinema War in Korea|Rich Goldstein|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A version was approved for airline use in 2007—but no airline has adopted it.
Red Tape and Black Boxes: Why We Keep ‘Losing’ Airliners in 2014|Clive Irving|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The legislation strengthens and updates a previous version of the bill that expired in 2011.
Nazis, Sunscreen, and Sea Gull Eggs: Congress in 2014 Was Hella Productive|Ben Jacobs|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Authorised Version has: “And as a mother shall she meet him, and receive him as a wife married of a virgin.”
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
Acetone is derived from decomposition of diacetic acid, and this in turn from beta-oxybutyric acid by oxidation.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
"All they can rap and run for" is the more frequent colloquial version of this quaint phrase.
Notes and Queries, Number 177, March 19, 1853|Various
In the English version—with a few unimportant exceptions—the dates are given according to both calendars.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky
An attempt was made to join on another version, without observing the incompleteness of the sentence.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer

Scientific definitions for beta version

beta version

The version of a software product that is used in the final stage of testing before it is commercially released. Testing of a beta version is generally conducted by an independent tester outside of the company developing the product.