Associations to the word «Prototype»
Noun
Wiktionary
PROTOTYPE, noun. An original object or form which is a basis for other objects, forms, or for its models and generalizations
PROTOTYPE, noun. An early sample or model built to test a concept or process
PROTOTYPE, noun. (semantics) An instance of a category or a concept that combines its most representative attributes.
PROTOTYPE, noun. (computing) A declaration of a function that specifies the name, return type, and parameters but none of the body, or actual code.
PROTOTYPE, verb. To create a prototype of.
PROTOTYPE PATTERN, noun. (programming) A creational design pattern that determines the type of objects to create by a prototypical instance, which is cloned to produce new objects.
PROTOTYPE PATTERNS, noun. Plural of prototype pattern
Dictionary definition
PROTOTYPE, noun. A standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father".
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.