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Beta

See beta version, beta site, Betamax and Betacam.

beta
1. the second letter in the Greek alphabet (Β or β), a consonant, transliterated as b
2. 
a. involving or relating to electrons
b. relating to one of two or more allotropes or crystal structures of a solid
c. relating to one of two or more isomeric forms of a chemical compound
1.BETA - Kristensen, Madsen <olmadsen@daimi.aau.dk>, Moller-Pedersen & Nygaard, 1983. Object-oriented language with block structure, coroutines, concurrency, strong typing, part objects, separate objects and classless objects. Central feature is a single abstraction mechanism called "patterns", a generalisation of classes, providing instantiation and hierarchical inheritance for all objects including procedures and processes.

Mjolner Informatics ApS, Aarhus, implementations for Mac, Sun, HP, Apollo.

E-mail: <info@mjolner.dk>.

Mailing list: <usergroup@mjolner.dk>.

["Object-Oriented Programming in the BETA Programming Language", Ole Lehrmann et al, A-W June 1993, ISBN 0-201-62430-3].
2.beta - /bay't*/, /be't*/ or (Commonwealth) /bee't*/

See beta conversion, beta test.


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