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Revision 5 . . (edit) December 17, 2001 11:28 pm by (logged).253.64.xxx
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Revision 3 . . December 17, 2001 11:12 pm by Verloren [Changed to list some meanings, rather than hop straight to greek alphabet]
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#REDIRECT Greek alphabet
First letter of the Greek Alphabet




Used as an adjective to indicate the first or most significant occurrence of something. Examples include:

alpha male - the head of a group of animals, such as gorillas

alpha geek - a similar use, referring to any person considered pre-eminent amongst geeks?, such as Linus Torvalds

alpha version or alpha release - the first release of a computer programme or other product, likely to be very unstable but useful for demonstrating internally and to select customers.

alpha - a microprocessor from DEC.


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