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 Citroën Prototype C, a range of vehicles created by Citroën from 1955 to 1956 Citroën Prototype Y, a project of replacement of the Citroën Ami studied by Citroën in the early seventies Daytona Prototype, a sports car Le Mans Prototype, a class of sports car racing vehicles specifically designed for endurance racing Sports prototype, a broad category of racing cars designed for sports car racing
Business Mack Prototype, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mack Group Prototype (company), a Japanese software company
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 prototype, 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 Prototype (comics) Prototype, a 1996 novel by Brian Hodge Alien: Prototype, a 2019 Alien novel by Tim Waggoner
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 Prototype (1983 film), a TV movie starring Christopher Plummer Prototype (1992 film), a 1992 science fiction film, also known as Prototype X29A 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) "Prototype", Star Trek: Voyager season 2, episode 13 (1996) "Prototype", Stargate SG-1 season 9, episode 9 (2005) "Prototype", Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! season 3, episode 11 (2006) "Prototype", Superman: The Animated Series season 2, episode 21 (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 Prototype (series), a video game series Prototype (video game), the first game in the series The Prototype, the main antagonist in Poppy Playtime
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 Archetype Proto (disambiguation)