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A beta version of a program, game etc… is an unfinished version released to either the public a select few or whoever signs up to beta test it for bugs or glitches (Source: Urban Dictionary) The focus of beta testing is reducing impacts to users The process of delivering a beta version to the users is called beta release and this is typically the first time that the software is available outside of the organization that developed it. (Source WikiPedia)

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beta (noun)
1.
the 2d letter of the Greek alphabet - see alphabet table
2.
- beta particle
3.
a measure of the risk potential of a stock or an investment portfolio expressed as a ratio of the stock's or portfolio's volatility to the volatility of the market as a whole
4.
a nearly complete prototype of a product (as software) - released in beta the beta version
beta (adjective)
second in position in the structure of an organic molecule from a particular group or atom - beta substitution often used in combination symbol ?
Beta (Wikipedia)
"β" redirects here. For the German eszett, see ß. For other uses, see Beta (disambiguation).
Look up Β or β in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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Greek alphabet
ΑαAlphaΝνNu
ΒβBetaΞξXi
ΓγGammaΟοOmicron
ΔδDeltaΠπPi
ΕεEpsilonΡρRho
ΖζZetaΣσςSigma
ΗηEtaΤτTau
ΘθThetaΥυUpsilon
ΙιIotaΦφPhi
ΚκKappaΧχChi
ΛλLambdaΨψPsi
ΜμMuΩωOmega
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Beta (UK /ˈbiːtə/ or US /ˈbeɪtə/; uppercase Β, lowercase β, or cursive ϐ; Ancient Greek: βῆτα bḗta or Modern Greek: βήτα víta) is the second letter of the Greek alphabet. In Ancient Greek, beta represented the voiced bilabial plosive /b/. In Modern Greek, it represents the voiced labiodental fricative /v/. Letters that arose from beta include the Roman letter ⟨B⟩ and the Cyrillic letters ⟨Б⟩ and ⟨В⟩.

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