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Definition of Prototyping - 2 dictionary results

pro⋅to⋅type

[proh-tuh-tahyp] noun, verb -typed, -typ⋅ing.
–noun
1. the original or model on which something is based or formed.
2. someone or something that serves to illustrate the typical qualities of a class; model; exemplar: She is the prototype of a student activist.
3. something analogous to another thing of a later period: a Renaissance prototype of our modern public housing.
4. Biology. an archetype; a primitive form regarded as the basis of a group.
–verb (used with object)
5. to create the prototype or an experimental model of: to prototype a solar-power car.

Origin:
1595–1605; < NL prōtotypon < Gk prōtótypon, n. use of neut. of prōtótypos original. See proto-, type


pro⋅to⋅typ⋅al, pro⋅to⋅typ⋅i⋅cal [proh-tuh-tip-i-kuhl] , pro⋅to⋅typ⋅ic, adjective
pro⋅to⋅typ⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb


1. pattern.

prototyping
The creation of a model and the simulation of all aspects of a product. CASE tools support different degrees of prototyping. Some offer the end-user the ability to review all aspects of the user interface and the structure of documentation and reports before code is generated.

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