baseline

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

baseline
    n 1: an imaginary line or standard by which things are measured
         or compared; "the established a baseline for the budget"
    2: the back line bounding each end of a tennis or handball
       court; when serving the server must not step over this line
       [syn: {service line}, {baseline}]
    3: the lines a baseball player must follow while running the
       bases

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

baseline \baseline\ n.
   1. an imaginary line or standard by which things are measured
      or compared; as, they established a baseline for the
      budget.
      [WordNet 1.5]

   2. the back line at each end of a tennis court.
      [WordNet 1.5]

   3. (Baseball) the lines between bases on a baseball field
      along which a baseball player must run while running the
      bases.
      [WordNet 1.5]

   4. a measurement that represents the value of a physical
      quantity (such as a voltage, or a level of radioactivity)
      in the absence of effects from other variables in a
      measurement, test or experiment; a control value.
      [PJC]

   5. any horizontal line in a plot, graph, or diagram, or on a
      visual display in an electronic device, used as a
      reference point to which other values are referred.
      [PJC]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

release
baseline
released version

   <programming> (Or "released version", "baseline") A version of
   a piece of software which has been made public (as opposed to
   a version that is in development, or otherwise unreleased).

   A release is either a {major release}, a {revision}, or a
   {bugfix}.

   Pre-release versions may be called {alpha test}, or {beta
   test} versions.

   See {change management}.

   (1996-08-04)