English-French translations for prototype

• prototype
  L'harmonisation n'est pas nécessaire pour les prototypes et les produits fabriqués à l'unité. Harmonisation is not necessary for prototypes and one-off products.
  La mine d’or de Yanacocha au Pérou est le prototype de la tragédie toxique. The Yanacocha gold mine in Peru is the prototype toxic tragedy.
  C’est le prototype d’un accord d’une portée bien plus grande que le cadre actuel. It is a prototype for a much more far-reaching arrangement than the present one.

Definition of prototype

• An original#Adjective|original form#Noun|form or object#Noun|object which is a basis for other forms or objects , or for its generalizations and model#Noun|models.
• An early sample#Noun|sample or model build#Verb|built to test#Verb|test a concept or process#Noun|process
• A declaration of a function#Noun|function that specifies the name#Noun|name, return#Noun|return type#Noun|type, and parameters, but none of the body or actual code#Noun|code
• An instance of a category or a concept that combine#Verb|combines its most representative#Adjective|representative attribute#Noun|attributes
• A type of race car, a racing sports car not based on a production car. A 4-wheeled cockpit-seating car built especially for racing on sports car circuits, that does not use the silhouette related to a consumer road car
• To create a #Noun|prototype of

Examples

• The prototype had loose wires and rough edges, but it worked
• A robin is a prototype of a bird; a penguin is not

Related words

• prototype-based
• prototype pattern
• prototype-based language
• prototype-based programming
• prototype-oriented programming