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prototype

pro·to·type

UK/ˈpɹəʊtətaɪp/ US/ˈpɹoʊtəˌtaɪp/ fairly common

noun

1.

a standard or typical example

  • “he is the prototype of good breeding”
  • “he provided America with an image of the good father”
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Origin

From French prototype or Late Latin prototypon, from Ancient Greek πρωτότυπος (prōtótupos, “original; prototype”), from πρωτο- (prōto-, “first”) (from πρῶτος (prôtos, “first; earliest”)) + τῠ́πος (tŭ́pos, “blow, pressing; sort, type”) (from τύπτω (túptō, “to beat, strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- (“to push; to stick”)). The word is analysable as proto- + -type.

Phrases

  • first article
  • prototype extension
  • prototype pattern
  • prototype theory
  • prototype-based language
  • prototype-based programming
  • prototype-based scripting language
  • prototype-oriented programming

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