From Longman Business Dictionary
beta versionˈbeta ˌversionCOMPUTING a VERSION of software that has been tested by the people who developed it and then given to a specially chosen group of users to find out if there are any more small problems with it, before it is made available to the publicEven with this beta version, no major problems have surfaced, so we expect the release version to be very solid.
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