Golden master, or GM, is used to identify software that is near nearing the end of its development cycle. After the beta testing stage, a golden master is seeded to developers to confirm the absence of significant bugs before it is released to manufacturing or commercial distribution.[1]
A golden master may be preceded as a release candidate (RC), referred to as going "silver", in which the code is frozen and any remaining bugs are noted, before release to manufacturing (RTM), referred to as going "gold", in which the software is cleared for release.[2]
References[]
- ↑ Golden Master (GM), Techopedia. Accessed 2020-05-19.
- ↑ Golden Master, The Tech Terms Computer Dictionary. Accessed 2020-05-19.
External links[]
- Go gold at the Free On-Line Dictionary Of Computing
- Golden Master at the Tech Terms Computer Dictionary
- Golden master at the Apple Wiki
- Software release life cycle: Release at Wikipedia
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