A prototype is something that is representative of a category of things, or an early engineering version of something to be tested.
Prototype may also refer to:
Automobiles
Business
Science
- Prototype-matching, searching for a simplified pattern in objects searched
- Prototype theory, a model of graded categorization in cognitive science
- Prototype drug, a represent of a class of drugs with similar chemical structure and action mechanism
Computer science
- In software engineering:
- Software prototyping, the activity of creating prototypes of software applications
- In programming:
- Function prototype, a declaration of a function that omits the function body but does specify the function's name, arity, and argument types
- <code>prototype</code>, a property of all JavaScript objects, through which they can inherit further functionality
- Prototype JavaScript Framework, a JavaScript library for the creation of Ajax applications
- Prototype-based programming, a style of object-oriented programming in which classes are not present
- Prototype pattern, a design pattern similar to the factory method pattern
Literature
Music
- Prototype (band), a US metal band
- Prototypes (band), a French rock band with hits in France and a US CD release
- The Prototypes, a British drum and bass duo
- Prototype (Bodies Without Organs album), 2005
- Prototype (Jeff Lorber album), 2017
- Prototype (Wallace Roney album), 2004
- Prototypes (album), by Alva Noto, 2000
- "Prototype" (song), by Outkast, 2003
- Prototype, a 1982 album by Experimental Products
- "Prototype", a 2014 song by Viktoria Modesta
Film and television
Films
Television episodes
- "Prototype", Armored Trooper Votoms episode 6 (1983)
- "Prototype", City of Angels (2000) season 1, episode 1 (2000)
- "Prototype", George Lopez season 1, episode 1 (2002)
- "Prototype", Mann & Machine episode 1 (1992)
- "Prototype", Smallville season 6, episode 21 (2007)
- "", (1996)
- "Prototype", Stargate SG-1 season 9, episode 9 (2005)
- "Prototype", Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! season 3, episode 11 (2006)
- "Prototype", (1997)
- "Prototype", The Big Show Show season 1, episode 1 (2020)
- "Prototype", Undeclared episode 1 (2001)
- "The Prototype", Dilbert season 1, episode 2 (1999)
- "The Prototype", Primeval series 5, episode 4 (2011)
- "The Prototype", Thunder Alley season 1, episode 1 (1994)
- "The Prototype", True Jackson, VP season 1, episode 6 (2009)
- "The Prototypes", Ancient Aliens season 11, episode 110 (2016)
Video games
Other fields
- "The Prototype", a ring name of professional wrestler John Cena
- Prototype, in model building, any real object/system/device, used as a basis for a model, example in the hobby of model railroading
- Prototype filter, an electronic filter
See also