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Beta Test

A test of a product by outside users before the product goes into mass production. That is, a beta test occurs after an internal alpha test but before a product is produced in large quantities for consumers. The term is used most often in software development.

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recently completed a beta-test program with Cellomics on the ArrayScan(TM) 1.

The successful completion of the beta-test program at Merck has led to the next step in developing High Content Screening," stated Joe Zock, Director of Screen Development at Cellomics.

Merck and Cellomics Sign High Content Screening - HCS - Alliance Agreement

The Company also announced that a public beta-test program for BigDisk would commence today, allowing the online community access to this groundbreaking technology, at www.