ALPHA - Software undergoes alpha testing as a first step in getting user feedback. Alpha is Latin for "doesn't work."

BETA - Software undergoes beta testing shortly before it's released. Beta is Latin for "still doesn't work."

COMPUTER - Instrument of torture. The first computer was invented by Roger "Duffy" Billingsly, a British scientist. In a plot to overthrow Adolf Hitler, Duffy disguised himself as a German ally and offered his