7 terms
An alpha version is an early, incomplete software release used for internal or limited testing before features are frozen and beta testing begins.
Deprecation marks a software feature, API or version as discouraged and scheduled for removal, giving users a warning period to migrate before it ends.
End of life is the stage of the software lifecycle after which a vendor stops providing updates, security fixes and support for a product or version.
LTS (long-term support) is a software release maintained with security and bug fixes for an extended, published period, typically several years.
A release candidate is a software build that is feature complete and believed ready to ship, released for final testing before the stable version.
SDLC, the software development life cycle, is the structured sequence of phases that takes software from planning and design through release and maintenance.
Semantic Versioning is a MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH numbering scheme that tells software users whether a release breaks, extends or only fixes a public API.