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

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

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

Prototype (1983 film), a TV movie starring Christopher Plummer
Prototype (1992 film), a 1992 science fiction film, also known as Prototype X29A

Prototype (series), a video game series
- Prototype (video game), the first game in the series
The Prototype, the main antagonist in Poppy Playtime

"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