Beta and alpha elements

Wikipedia also has an article about Beta and alpha elements.

The term Beta specifically refers to the stage in a software release life cycle when a project is complete and all of its planned features have been implemented into the product, but it has not yet been finished in the sense that it has not yet left this stage and become a release candidate (or has not yet been released as a demo). A project will usually leave its Beta stage when it has been debugged of most of its glitches, and after operationalizing the features, or making them accessible.

After leaving its Beta stage some of the original features may be removed in final versions of the program, but certain planned features that were removed from the gameplay may still remain in the coding of the final game.

It is named after the Greek letter Beta, as it is the second stage in the software release life cycle. Unlike its previous stage Alpha the developers have formally tested the software, and all of the intended features have been implemented into the program.

Public beta

This section is incomplete, please feel free to add any missing information about the subject. It is missing: {{{1}}}.

In the Pokémon glitch community

The word "Beta" is informally used in the Pokémon (and Pokémon glitch) community as a blanket term for unused content and prerelease information; but as certain unused things or prerelease information may originate from before or after the beta stage, 'beta' may be misleading.