Prototype (disambiguation)

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

Computer science

• in software engineering:
  • a prototype is an incomplete version of software, built so users can experience some of the proposed features or properties; see software prototyping
• 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 native JavaScript objects that allows programmers to extend JavaScript's capabilities
  • 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

Music

• Prototype (band), a US rock band
• Prototypes (band), a French rock band with hits in France and a US CD release
• The Prototypes (band), a UK rock band featured on EA Games FIFA 07
• "Ghetto Musick / Prototype", a song by OutKast from their 2003 album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
• Prototype (Bodies Without Organs album)
• Prototype (Varga album)

Film & Television

• Prototype (1992 film), a 1992 science fiction film, also known as Prototype X29A
• Prototype (TV film), a 1983 TV movie
• "Prototype" (Stargate SG-1), an episode from the ninth season of Stargate SG-1
• "Prototype" (Star Trek: Voyager), a 1996 episode in the second season of Star Trek: Voyager
• "Prototype", an episode from the sixth season of Smallville
• "Prototype" (George Lopez), an episode of the television series George Lopez

Video games

• Prototype (video game), an open-ended action game from 2009 developed by Radical Entertainment
• Prototype 2, the forthcoming sequel to Prototype, due for release in 2012

Other fields

• "The Prototype", a ring name of professional wrestler John Cena
• Prototype (comics), the name of two characters from Malibu Comics' Ultraverse
• Prototype filter, an electronic filter

See also

• Archetype
• Proto