BETA SOFTWARE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does beta software mean? 

• BETA SOFTWARE (noun)
  The noun BETA SOFTWARE has 1 sense:

1. software that has not yet been released but has received an alpha test and still has more bugs than a regular release

  Familiarity information: BETA SOFTWARE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BETA SOFTWARE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Software that has not yet been released but has received an alpha test and still has more bugs than a regular release

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

beta software is usually available only to particular users who will test it

Hypernyms ("beta software" is a kind of...):

computer software; package; software; software package; software program; software system ((computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory)