Prototype vs Criterion - What's the difference?
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An original object or form which is a basis for other objects, forms, or for its models and generalizations
An early sample or model built to test a concept or process
(semantics) An instance of a category or a concept that combines its most representative attributes.
(computing) A declaration of a function that specifies the name, return type, and parameters but none of the body, or actual code.
To create a prototype of.
A standard or test by which individual things or people may be compared and judged.
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As nouns the difference between prototype and criterion
is that prototype is an original object or form which is a basis for other objects, forms, or for its models and generalizations while criterion is a standard or test by which individual things or people may be compared and judged.As a verb prototype
is to create a prototype of.prototype
English
(wikipedia prototype)Noun
(en noun)- The prototype had loose wires and rough edges, but it worked.
- A robin is a prototype of a bird; a penguin is not.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* prototype theoryVerb
(prototyp)criterion
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Alternative forms
* (nonstandard) * criteriumNoun
(criteria)Letters: Say it as simply as possible, passage=Congratulations on managing to use the phrase “preponderant criterion ” in a chart (“
On your marks”, November 9th). Was this the work of a kakorrhaphiophobic journalist set a challenge by his colleagues, or simply an example of glossolalia?}}