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release candidate version

beta version of a software or electronic media, with potential to be a final product, ready to release with general support, unless significant bugs emerge
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release candidate version

Summary

release candidate version is a software release stage[1]. It draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (software_release_stage category, ranking #3 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • release candidate version's image is recorded as Alfa-Beta-Gamma.png[3].
  • release candidate version's instance of is recorded as software release stage[4].
  • release candidate version's follows is recorded as beta version[5].
  • release candidate version's followed by is recorded as gold master[6].
  • release candidate version's followed by is recorded as release to manufacture version[7].
  • release candidate version's followed by is recorded as gold version[8].
  • release candidate version's followed by is recorded as stable version[9].
  • release candidate version's subclass of is recorded as pre-release version[10].
  • release candidate version's part of is recorded as gamma testing[11].
  • release candidate version's described by source is recorded as TheFreeDictionary.com[12].
  • release candidate version's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'RC'}[13].
  • release candidate version's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1214m4cw[14].
  • release candidate version's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/120qkmrj[15].

Why It Matters

release candidate version draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (software_release_stage category, ranking #3 of 3).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . blog.codinghorror.com. blog.codinghorror.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . blog.codinghorror.com. blog.codinghorror.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . konstantin.blog. konstantin.blog. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). release candidate version. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/release-candidate-version
MLA “release candidate version.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/release-candidate-version.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_release-candidate-version_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{release candidate version}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/release-candidate-version}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): release candidate version — https://4ort.xyz/entity/release-candidate-version (retrieved 2026-05-03)

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