Beta
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Beta can mean one of the following:
- Beta is the second letter of the Greek alphabet. It is equivalent to the letter 'B' in English. (The word "alphabet" comes from the first two Greek letters: alpha, beta.)
- Beta is a word for test. When a video game company produces the first version of a new video game, and then gives it to game players to test it, this version is called the "beta version."
- Beta is a brand of recording tape used in electronic Videocassette recorders (VCRs). Movies were recorded on Beta tape in the 1980s. In the 1990s and 2000s, Beta tape was still used in television studios.