What does "in beta" mean?

Question

I saw it on a website (PeekVid) that I could only assume had temporarily closed down. It said "Peekvid is currently in beta. We will be re-launching soon."

Answer 1

All of the above answers are great. I think that Peekvid is about to

1. Start charging people a fee

2. Be bought out by google or some other big corporation

A site this good does not stay free for long.

Answer 2

What Does In Beta Mean

Answer 3

"Beta" refers to the stage in software development in which the software (hardware, web page, etc) is almost complete. The designers have pretty much finished their work, and people are now testing the software and reporting an bugs, errors, etc, they get. The developers can never anticipate all the "weird" things people will do with their software that can crash it. So they will release a "beta" or test version, and let people try it. Then fix (hopefully) the issue as they are discovered.

So in a single sentence, they are redoing the software and will have it available "soon".

Answer 4

It can mean almost anything from "we are fixing some server issues" to "we are most likely going to shutdown, but want you to come back in case we can turn things around and stay open"
You can find some peekvid-like clone sites on http://www.OVGuide.com

Answer 5

Means that they are either testing out their site, or limiting the site to specific users to try out and test for errors, make improvements, etc.

In softwares, a beta version of that particular software means that it is not perfected yet and might contain bugs. If it's okay, it is called a stable version.

Answer 6

Its a development stage, first you have alpha which usually means its a demo copy that internal to the company that created it, beta is the second phase meaning its nearly ready but still testing (usually when microsoft releases windows versions) and final which is obviously the final release

Hope that helps

Answer 7

What a wonderful question. Religion is, of course, the form that one's worship takes. Thus there are thousands of forms. Religion includes a system of religious beliefs and practices. The object of the religion may be false gods or the true God. Hence, there is false religion and there is true. Religion can get very fancy or remain simple. In the former case, such as it is today. In the latter case, such as it was in the Garden of Eden. What then is worship to me? How do I worship? To worship means to obey. And to obey means to worship. The two are intimately connected; indeed, they are coterminous and cannot be separated. Specifically, to obey the Sovereign Lord God Jehovah of Armies is to worship Him. I do my imperfect best in this regard. I fall on my face and get back up to try and try again. In the Garden of Eden, so long as they obeyed Jehovah, Adam and Eve were worshiping him. No temple, no Mosaic Law, no meetings. Simply leave the tree of the knowledge of good and bad alone. Simple. The minute they disobeyed, they stopped worshiping Jehovah. Same with the nation of Israel. The minute they attempted to practice a syncretistic religion they stopped worshiping Jehovah. The minute they made the golden calf, they stopped. And on and on. To worship is to obey. To obey is to worship. Hannah J Paul

Answer 8

Normally, when a program is in Beta, it means that it is being evaluted for any faults or bugs and it is not in its final version. They may have found some problems with the program and put it in beta while they evaluate it. It is for your own protection.

Answer 9

It means they're testing with a limited number of users before general release.

Answer 10

It's like a testing period to get the bugs out etc before things become finished and it becomes alpha and complete.