alpha testingn.
/ˈalfə ˌtɛstɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈælfə ˌtɛstɪŋ/ Chiefly Computing.
The performance of an alpha test or alpha tests.
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [noun] > specific tests or testing > test of materials or equipment > of machinery or software by developer
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1928 Commonweal (N.Y.) 27 June 206/1 In discussing the findings of the Army Scale Alpha Testing, Mr. Lippmann implied that the rating A was a purely arbitrary grading.
1945 C. W. Heath What People Are ii. 92 This was substantially confirmed in the alpha testing. Only Case 2 received higher ratings for word knowledge.
1957 Trans. Amer. Soc. Metals 49 334 In the central temperature interval of alpha testing, ductility, measured as elongation, reached a plateau of 85%.
1977 Computerworld 21 Mar. 57/2 Due to go into Alpha testing in December 1976, it is only now reaching that stage.
1998 Wired Oct. 199/3 The full system was deployed last May, and alpha testing with several hundred engineers began in July.
2007 D. Rafinejad Innovation, Product Devel. & Commercialization v. 209 While A-300 was in development and alpha testing, the BUs were busy shipping the M-300 to several beta and pilot production customers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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