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  • noun Plural form of beta.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beta.

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Examples

  • Having lots of public betas is not new in MS land.

    The beast has awoken; or, The beginning of Web 2.0 | FactoryCity 2006

  • Now we get a beta, a scaled back version that is no better than the so-called betas that we were getting for the past couple of months, or Chromium, for that matter.

    MacNN | The Macintosh News Network 2010

  • Similar to other tier 1 web browsers that are soon to get updated, namely the betas for Firefox 3.1 and Opera 10, the new Safari is boasting of a new JavaScript engine called Nitro that Apple claims performs up to 4.2 times faster than Safari 3.

    TechSpot 2009

  • They release products as betas, which is a remarkable statement of humility and humanity, for it says to customers that this service is unfinished and imperfect; the beta label is necessarily an invitation to collaborate.

    The Guardian World News 2009

  • The betas are a great way to experiment and begin familiarizing yourself with the tool.

    Softpedia - Windows - All 2009

  • Similar to other tier 1 web browsers that are soon to get updated, namely the betas for Firefox 3.1 and Opera 10, the new Safari is boasting of a new JavaScript engine called Nitro that Apple claims performs up to 4.2 times faster than Safari 3.

    TechSpot 2009

  • I would say there is a muted impact of the economy but more importantly, I think some anticipation of the CS4 launch against our public betas, which is good to see.

    unknown title 2008

  • One may wonder why there are so many "betas" released.

    MacUpdate - Mac OS X 2010

  • One may wonder why there are so many "betas" released.

    MacUpdate - Mac OS X 2010

  • One may wonder why there are so many "betas" released.

    MacUpdate - Mac OS X 2009

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