technt77

Does anyone know what a Beta is? Im guessing that it's referring to a trial version of a program still being tweaked, like Vista or Media Player 11, but I am looking for a solid answer instead of a guess.

savvytechno

It can be said to as, a preliminary or testing stage of a software or hardware product; "a beta version"; "beta software"

technt77

This makes sense. So basically it's the trial version for people to test before the real one comes out on the market.

rocker21

That would be correct

vipl

Beta is releasing a preview to a piece of software or web application that's still being developed. Enjoy the thrill of being among the first to use a new bit of software orelse wait until the software is "out of" beta.

Desiree

I know this will sound dumb but what is the differeance between regular and beta?