BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Beta
- a numerical measure of the change in value of something such as a stock
Wiktionary Definition for: Beta
- Identifying a molecular position in an organic chemical compound.
- Designates the second in an order of precedence.
- star Designates the 2nd brightest star in a constellation.
- Ex: ''ß-Orion'' (Rigel in Orion)
- Preliminary, prerelease; refers to an incomplete version of a product released for initial testing.
- The name of the second letter of the Greek alphabet ('''Î'''', '''β'''), preceded by alpha ('''Α''', '''α''') and followed by gamma, ('''Î"''', '''γ'''). In modern Greek it represents the w:Voiced labiodental fricative voiced labiodental fricative sound of '''v''' found in the English words ''have'' and ''vase''.
- A scientific caste of people in the novel ''w:Brave New World Brave New World'' by w:Aldous Huxley Aldous Huxley.
- Used in marking scheme: α, β, γ or α+, α, α-, β etc.
- finance Ratio of a stock's volatility to overall market volatility. So for instance a beta of 0.5 means the stock moves 4% when the market moves 8%. (Wikipedia w:beta coefficient beta coefficient.)
- A preliminary version of a computer program which, while not complete, has been released to potential users for testing.
- climbing Information about a route which may aid someone in climbing it.
- physics A beta particle or beta ray.
- To preliminarily release computer software for initial testing prior to final release.
- italbrac perhaps chiefly Internet Proofread a text, especially fanfiction.
- #beta; the Greek letter '''Î', β'''
- #beetroot
- # italbrac slang ''short for'' minnesbeta
- graze; to eat grass; to feed on growing herbage.
- to test software prior to release.
Additional Resources
- Windows 7 public beta to be available Friday
- January 7, 2009 Computerworld As anticipated, Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday night launched the beta of Windows 7, posting the preview of the company's next operating system to its developer download services. The general public will be able to download the beta starting Friday, said CEO Steve Ballmer in his first-ever...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Google: Chrome in 'never-ending' beta
- January 9, 2009 Computerworld Google Inc. yesterday announced that its Chrome browser would be in a "never-ending" beta test, and gave users three options to update their copies at varying intervals. Although the search company stripped the beta label from Chrome a month ago, yesterday it said it was revamping...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Microsoft ditches Windows 7 beta download limit
- January 12, 2009 Computerworld Microsoft Corp. on Saturday ditched the download limit on Windows 7 beta, saying that users will be able to grab the preview through Jan. 24 -- even if the total exceeds the 2.5 million cap it had set earlier. The company also apologized for the stalled...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Microsoft slates Office 2010 public beta for November
- Computerworld - Microsoft will launch the public beta of Office 2010 next month, company CEO Steve Ballmer said on Monday. In a keynote that kicked off Microsoft's SharePoint Conference 2009 in Las Vegas, Ballmer announced that the public beta of Office 2010 will be made available in November. When pressed...
- News items 2009-10-20
- Getting ready for Windows 7 beta 1 - FAQ
- I know that some of you are sick of hearing about Windows 7 already, but given the amount of email I've received with regards to the public beta being made available on Friday, you have a lot of questions about how you should prepare for testing. Here's a quick FAQ...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Windows 7 beta 1 review
- I've now had my hands on Windows 7 beta 1 build 6.1.7000.0.081212-1400 the build that is widely expected to be made available to beta testers by Microsoft early in January and have had some time to compose my thoughts and feelings about this latest release. Beta 1 is very similar...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Microsoft Launches Beta 2 of Visual Studio 2010, .Net 4
- Microsoft has announced the availability of Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 and Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Beta 2 to Microsoft Developer Network MSDN subscribers.Microsoft has announced the availability of Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 and Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Beta 2 to Microsoft Developer Network MSDN subscribers.The software...
- News items 2009-10-19
- Windows 7 Beta 1: Ribbonized For Your Pleasure
- The Windows 7 Operating System has improvements over Windows Vista which include more granular tuning of User Account Control UAC security prompts, a reduced memory footprint and improved performance on less powerful systems. But will the "Ribbonization" of the new user interface created by Steven Sinofsky's design team put users...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Mozilla delays Firefox 3.1 Beta 3
- January 14, 2009 Computerworld Mozilla Corp. said yesterday that it will delay the third beta of Firefox 3.1, citing a "large number" of remaining bugs as the reason for the slip. The setback won't affect the final release date for Firefox 3.1, a company executive said. "Right now, we're not...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Labeling of cerebral amyloid (Beta) deposits in vivo using intranasal basic fibroblast growth factor and serum amyloid P component in mice
- There is currently no method for noninvasive imaging of amyloid beta (Abeta) deposition in Alzheimer's disease AD. Because Abeta plaques are characteristic of AD and Abeta deposits contain abundant heparan sulfate proteoglycans that can bind basicThere is currently no method for noninvasive imaging of amyloid beta (Abeta) deposition in Alzheimer's...
- Research articles 2002-08-01
- Windows 7 beta available for public download
- With an estimated 40% of the world's information now residing behind a firewall, employee productivity is driven by the ability to quickly find key information no matter where it's stored across your organization. At Google, we believe in a simple premise: all of the information you need to be productive...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Gmail Finally Out of Beta. Now Will You Adopt It?
- Interesting news from Google this week: After five long years, Gmail is no longer in beta. Does that simple fact change the way you, as a businessperson, feel about it? Google hopes so, because the only thing different about Gmail in its post-beta reality is that the...
- Blog posts 2009-07-08
- Microsoft Delays Windows 7 Beta Due to Traffic
- "Due to very heavy traffic we're seeing as a result of interest in the Windows 7 Beta, we are adding some additional infrastructure support to the Microsoft.com properties before we post the public beta," Microsoft's Brandon LeBlanc wrote. "We want to ensure customers have the best possible experience when downloading...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Yahoo Messenger 10 beta: A Skype rival?
- By Jessica Dolcourt CNET NewsPosted on ZDNet News: Sep 02, 2009 6:03:31 AM It seems as if it were just yesterday that Yahoo's Messenger team rolled out version 9 (it was a little less than a year ago, in fact.) The upgrade was so dramatic and overdue that it's a...
- News items 2009-09-02
- The SPY-IWM Unwind, and Some Holes in the Beta Bucket
- Tyler Durden submits: Taking a cue from the Renaissance conference call, in which Jim Simons stated that the main reason for RIEF's massive underperformance was the fatal positioning with regards to stock betas (long low beta stocks, short high beta stocks), Zero Hedge decided to analyze the performance of...
- External links 2009-05-19
- Palm to Open Beta Program for Mobile App Catalog
- Palm has announced that as of August 18, developers who wish to charge for their Palm webOS applications can begin submitting them for consideration in the Palm App Catalog e-commerce beta program, which will begin in mid-September. Palm officials said developers selected to participate in the beta program will have...
- News items 2009-08-18
- Beta Rates Nets by 'Perceived Value'.(Beta Research Corp. released cable network survey)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- Beta Research Corp. last week released its first survey ranking the value and importance of cable networks among operators. Matched against last fall's subscriber report, Beta found that Cable News Network, Discovery Channel, ESPN, Lifetime Te Beta Research Corp....
- Research articles 2000-02-07
- Beta Oil & Gas Schedules Its Special Stockholders Meeting
- Energy Editors/Business Editors TULSA, Okla.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 23, 2004 Beta Oil & Gas, Inc. (Nasdaq:BETA)("Beta" or the "Company") announced today that a special meeting of its stockholders is scheduled to be held on May 25, 2004. At the meeting, the Beta stockholders are expected to vote on, among other...
- Research articles 2004-04-23
- Windows 7 Lust: 36 Changes to Windows Since the Beta
- So you've been running a copy of Windows 7 beta for a month or so now and you're pondering whether it's worth the time and expense to actually upgrade when the final version ships. Would it help to know how Microsoft has changed Windows 7 since the beta? I thought...
- Blog posts 2009-03-03
- Opera Releases Beta 3 Version of Opera 10
- Opera has announced the release of its Beta 3 release of the Opera 10 browser. The company says this version is ready for "heavy work" on the web.Opera has run over 10 million tests on the beta and has received plenty of feedback. They say performance and stability were prioritized...
- News items 2009-08-13
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