beta test
Definition
Second level, external pilot-test of a product (usually a software) before commercial quantity production. At the beta test stage, the product has already passed through the first-level, internal pilot-test (alpha test) and glaring defects have been removed. But (since the product may still have some minor problems that require user participation) it is released to selected customers for testing under normal, everyday conditions of use to spot the remaining flaws.
beta test is in the Industries, Manufacturing, & Technology and Quality Control & Management subjects.
beta test appears in the definition of the following term: alpha test
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