gold master

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gold master

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See master (“original document or recording”). They used to be prepared on gold-coloured recordable compact discs.

noun gold masters · golden master · GM

The finished version of a software program, which is sent for duplication onto physical media to be distributed. The gold master is the version of the game that will be shipped to stores—the end product, the finish line.

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@misc{gold_master_2026,
  title = {gold master},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gold%20master},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}