Now you just hold on there. - Jeff Mincey

RC means "release candidate." It's newer than any beta release and in fact it's just what it indicates -- it's a version which may (and I emphasize may) be ultimately the final release.

Some developers will issue several release candidates into the wild and then the one which comes back with the fewest known issues, (and assuming no show-stoppers among the issues) will be the final official release.

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Saturday, April 07 2007 @ 10:23 AM PDT

Now you just hold on there. - WimDS

RC = release candidate.

Beta is BEFORE RC!

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Saturday, April 07 2007 @ 12:03 PM PDT

Now you just hold on there. - kemosite

RC = Release Candidate.
It's another way of saying: "We think we're out of the beta stage, but we're not quite ready to release as final, so we're releasing this one first. Pending any additional changes, this version will be released as final.

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Saturday, April 07 2007 @ 06:39 PM PDT

Now you just hold on there. - shavital2

RC stands for 'Release Candidate'

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Sunday, April 08 2007 @ 04:07 AM PDT

err - ray57

Release Candidate, once the beta stage has finished. You then get real solid versions.

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Sunday, April 08 2007 @ 07:50 AM PDT

Now you just hold on there. - GTI-Boy

RC stands for Release Candidate. First you have Alpha stage, then Beta stage, then Release Candidate stage. Then, finally, you have an official release.

Ed

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Monday, April 09 2007 @ 08:38 PM PDT

Now you just hold on there. - brhode

rc stands for Release Candidate. This indicates that the beta testing has finished and barring any last minute bugs this is what the final version released will look like.

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Monday, April 09 2007 @ 08:55 PM PDT

Now you just hold on there. - gerardvschip

Erm....how about release client?

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Thursday, April 12 2007 @ 02:08 AM PDT