Are there standard definitions for the term alpha, beta, and RC1 in software development?

Question

I am interested to know if the terms alpha, beta and RC1 are terms that are used throughout the software industry or just MS.

What are the definitions?

Malcolm

Answer 1

Yes, these are standard terms and have standard definitions, although they are often stretched a bit in this Web 2.0 world ...

Wikipedia has a good explanation of all the terms: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Development_stage#Alpha

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

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