original model which serves as an example for later stages or forms; ideal, example, standard; ancestor, primitive form (Biology)
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Prototype Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Prototype Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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An original or model after which anything is copied; the pattern of anything to be engraved, or otherwise copied, cast, or the like; a primary form; exemplar; archetype.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutAn original or model after which anything is copied; the pattern of anything to be engraved, or otherwise copied, cast, or the like; a primary form; exemplar; archetype.
prototype
\pro"to*type\ (?), n. [f., from l. prototypus original, primitive, gr. &?;, &?;; &?; first + &?; type, model. see proto-, and type] an original or model after which anything is copied; the pattern of anything to be engraved, or otherwise copied, cast, or the like; a primary form; exemplar; archetype. they will turn their backs on it, like their great precursor and prototype.
prototype
n : a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided america with an image of the good father" [syn: paradigm, epitome, image]
A work, original in character, afterward imitated in form or spirit.
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1. a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father"
(synonym) paradigm, epitome, image
(hypernym) model, example
(hyponym) concentrate
Prototype Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
a sample or early version of a new product made or built specifically for trialling and testing.
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A model suitable for evaluation of design, performance, and production potential.
Source: U.S. Department of Defense, Joint Doctrine Division. ( About )
The first of a series of similar devices.
Prototype Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
1. A pre-production, functioning specimen(s) that is the first of its type, typically used for the evaluation of design, performance, and/or production potential. 2. A model suitable for evaluation of design, performance, and production potential. [JP1]
Prototype Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
An application that either exhibits a subset or a mockup of functionality for a system. Prototypes are created throughout the course of a project for a client to continually evaluate the physical implementation of functional specifications.
Prototype Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
A prototype is an early sample or model built to test a concept or process or to act as a thing to be replicated or learned from. It is a term used in a variety of contexts, including semantics, design, electronics, and software programming. A prototype is designed to test and trial a new design to enhance precision by system analysts and users. Prototyping serves to provide specifications for a real, working system rather than a theoretical one.
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Prototype is an action-adventure open world video game developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Activision. The game was released in North America on June 9, 2009, and in southwestern parts of North America as well as Oceania on June 10, and was released in Europe on June 12.
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Prototype Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
