Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

alpha version

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.19 in modern English

Syllables: al-pha ver-sion
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An early preview version of a program or application, typically unstable, but useful to show what the product will do. Sometimes no more features are added after this release, but bug fixes continue. This release comes after a pre-alpha version and before a beta version.

Inflected Forms

alpha versions (plural)

Questions

What does alpha version mean?: An early preview version of a program or application, typically unstable, but useful to show what the product will do. Sometimes no more features are added after this release, but bug fixes continue. This release comes after a pre-alpha version and before a beta version.

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