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The nomenclature is actually correct here, and a lot of other software use it, at least from everything I've seen. Release candidate means it's stable and (usually) feature complete but could have bugs and needs testing before they launch it.
Prototype --> Alpha --> Beta --> Release Candidate --> Release
It’s still a misuse of the word - if your software needs testing it’s not a candidate you would release unless you’re a multi-billion gaming company or Cisco
Production releases still need testing. There are always bugs you don't know about hiding somewhere in projects or vast complexity.
There are, but if none are found it can be released - like apple and Microsoft sometimes does.
It’s what you put in it I guess. For me that’s “Hopefully ready but it’s what we’re shipping in features and functionality”