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Is GA a common acronym that I completely missed in acronym class? What does it mean?
by bprater 18y ago
Is GA a common acronym that I completely missed in acronym class? What does it mean?
- chaostheory 18y agoGenerally Available
- gojomo 18y agoI've always heard it as 'General Availability', essentially a synonym for the time/version of 'official release' -- no longer a beta/preview/release-candidate. FCS, for 'First Customer Shipment', is a nearly-analogous term as far as I know, just preferred by other organizations. (Both are very similar to the ideas of 'going gold', having a 'golden master', or 'RTM' [release-to-manufacturing] -- those meaning a final freeze of the intended release is available, and could be reproduced/'manufactured' as if on CDs or as box-packaged software. Though of course, the idea of physically pressing or shipping hard media is increasingly outdated.)
- bprater 18y agoThanks!