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alpha [a]

1)	first in order of importance; "the alpha male in the group of chimpanzees"; "the alpha star in a constellation is the brightest or main star"

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2)	early testing stage of a software or hardware product; "alpha version"

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alpha [n]

1)	the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet

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2)	the beginning of a series or sequence; "the Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end"--Revelations

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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

(Or "Input") An extension of ALGOL 60 for the M-20 computer developed by A.P. Ershov at Novosibirsk in 1961. ALPHA includes matrix operations, slices, and complex arithmetic.

["The Alpha Automatic Programming System", A.P. Ershov ed., A-P 1971].

(1995-05-10)

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