Technology Readiness Level Definitions

The term “prototype” is defined in numerous ways in DoD, defense industry, commercial industry, and academic literature All of the definitions have merit, and, not surprisingly, all of them are similar For the purposes of this guidebook, please use the following definition:

Chapter 52 Prototyping Tools and Techniques

We begin with our definition of a prototype and then discuss prototypes as design artifacts, introducing four dimensions for analyzing them We then discuss the role of prototyping within the design process, in particular the concept of a design space, and how it is expanded and contracted by generating and selecting design ideas

prototyping as research method

prototype a particular decision making situation is used to elicit the knowledge require to solve a problem Clearly, "case study" could be replaced with "expert system prototype" in the following definition of a case study The case study is the method of choice when you want to obtain a wealth of detail about your subject

Parameters And Prototypes - Scott Klement

program interface and prototype A Program/Procedure Interface (PI) is: • Like an *ENTRY PLIST(but better) • Requires a matching prototype to work • The replacement for *ENTRY PLISTin free-format A Prototype (PR) is: • A “blueprint” for making a call • It contains the name of the program to be called