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
 * 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
 * , 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

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 (Experimental Products album), 1982
 * Prototype (Jeff Lorber album), 2017
 * Prototype (Wallace Roney album), 2004
 * "Prototype" (song), by Outkast, 2003
 * Prototypes (album), by Alva Noto, 2000
 * "Prototype", a 2014 song by Viktoria Modesta

Film and television

 * Prototype (1983 film), a TV movie starring Christopher Plummer
 * Prototype (1992 film), a 1992 science fiction film, also known as Prototype X29A
 * "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), the pilot episode of the television series George Lopez
 * "Prototype", an episode of Undeclared

Video games

 * Prototype (series), a video game series
 * Prototype (video game), the first game in the series

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
 * Prototype (comics)