# New truck owner?  Want to test banks power system?

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**Created:** [September 6, 2007, 11:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-truck-owner-want-to-test-banks-power-system/192243 "2007-09-06T11:08:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 3:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-truck-owner-want-to-test-banks-power-system/192243/12 "2007-09-06T15:34:48Z")

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> [@GT5 Vs Real Life](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gt5-vs-real-life/32281/16):
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> Whats “beta test” stand for?

It’s a term that comes from the software industry (sorry, I’m a n3rd). As defined by Wikipedia:

> [@Wiki](#):
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> Beta testing comes after alpha testing. Versions of the software, known as beta versions, are released to a limited audience outside of the company. The software is released to groups of people so that further testing can ensure the product has few faults or bugs. Sometimes, beta versions are made available to the open public to increase the feedback field to a maximal number of future users.

These days it’s been extended to most industries with any sort of product release cycle. In fact, I could be wrong and it coud have been in use long before software… but I’m pretty sure that’s where it originated.

-TJ

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