A version of a piece of software that is made available for testing, typically by employees of the company that is developing it, before its general release.
at this time we are close to finishing the alpha version
Compare with beta version
Example sentencesExamples
Since the first Alpha version was released, many other new features have been added at the request of the staff.
This latest one is the last alpha version, however, so a beta release won't be far behind.
We looked at an alpha version, but it performed surprisingly well in our tests.
When we released the alpha version of our software, so many people began using it that our puny server crashed under the load.
Although only an alpha version, we still were curious to try Crow.
Definition of alpha version in US English:
alpha version
noun
Computing
A version of a piece of software that is made available for testing, typically by employees of the company that is developing it, before its general release.
at this time we are close to finishing the alpha version
Compare with beta version
Example sentencesExamples
Since the first Alpha version was released, many other new features have been added at the request of the staff.
This latest one is the last alpha version, however, so a beta release won't be far behind.
Although only an alpha version, we still were curious to try Crow.
We looked at an alpha version, but it performed surprisingly well in our tests.
When we released the alpha version of our software, so many people began using it that our puny server crashed under the load.