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Hi,
I really like Yahoo answers, it’s just good.
It helps me with material for the blog, it helps to keep myself updated; I’ve got different ideas for subjects, it helps me to with online reputation, generates traffic, grows my subscribers, and it helps people.
Another day I was browsing and I found a simple question with a interesting answer:
” What does Beta mean?”
Followed by the answer…
This is an “easy” answer - technically the word “beta” is often used to describe a project or process that is being tested.
After some research I’ve got two different histories about the origin of the term “Beta”.
Version 1 - The term beta test applied to software comes from an early IBM hardware product test convention dating back to punched card tabulating and sorting machines. Hardware first went through an alpha test for preliminary functionality and small scale manufacturing feasibility. Then came a beta test to verify that it actually correctly performed the functions it was supposed to and could be manufactured at scales necessary for the market, and then a c test to verify safety. With the advent of programmable computers and the first shareable software programs, IBM used the same terminology for testing software. Beta tests were conducted by people or groups other than the developers. As other companies began developing software for their own use, and for distribution to others, the terminology stuck and now is part of our common vocabulary.
Version 2 - The term came from the expression - “Beta than nothing”
What do you think?
Cheers
Lucio Dias Ribeiro
