Prototype

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

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Definition of Prototype

Noun

  1. An original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects (particularly manufactured items), or for its generalizations and models. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. An early sample or model built to test a concept or process.

    "The prototype had loose wires and rough edges, but it worked."

  3. A declaration of a function that specifies the name, return type, and parameters, but none of the body or actual code.
  4. An instance of a category or a concept that combines its most representative attributes.

    "A robin is a prototype of a bird; a penguin is not."

  5. A type of race car, a racing sports car not based on a production car. A 4-wheeled cockpit-seating car built especially for racing on sports car circuits, that does not use the silhouette related to a consumer road car.

Verb

  1. To create a prototype of.
  2. To imitate or emulate.

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