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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Rapid prototyping |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
There are two main methods of rapid prototyping, which are derived from similar approaches in sculpture. In additive prototyping, the machine reads in data from a CAD drawing, and lays down successive millimeter-thick layers of liquid plastic or some other building material, and in this way builds up the model from a long series of cross sections.
The subtractive method is earlier and less efficient. In this technique the machine starts out with a block of plastic and uses a delicate cutting tool to carve away material, layer by layer to match the digital object. This is similar to a computer controlled lathe, and is not usually considered a rapid prototyping machine any more.
Advances in technology allow the machine to use multiple materials in the construction of objects. This is important because it can use one material with a high melting point for the finished product, and another material with a low melting point as filler, to separate individual moving parts within the model. After the model is completed, it is heated to the point where the undesired material melts away, and what is left is a functional plastic machine. Although traditional injection molding is still cheaper for manufacturing plastic products, soon rapid prototyping may be used to produce finished goods in a single step.
Lab tests have shown that prototyping machines can also use conductive metals as a building material, and conceivably in the future could assemble small electronics like mobile phones in a single process.
Rapid prototyping also describes a software development methodology.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Rapid prototyping."
Crosswords: RAPID PROTOTYPING |
| Specialty definitions using "RAPID PROTOTYPING": Artifex ♦ languages of choice ♦ Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation ♦ Nu Thena ♦ Tree Transformation Language. (references) |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
rapid prototyping | 313 |
rapid prototyping tooling | 22 |
rapid prototyping technology | 8 |
rapid prototyping machine | 6 |
rapid prototyping equipment | 5 |
rapid prototyping quoting | 4 |
rapid prototyping services | 3 |
rapid prototyping system | 2 |
rapid prototyping home page | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "RAPID PROTOTYPING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | rapid prototypìng, prototyping (prototyping, software prototyping), hurtig prototyping, hurtig prototypefremstilling. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | rapid prototyping (shape welding), vormgevend lassen (shape welding), snelle prototyping, shape welding (shape welding), prototyping (prototyping, software prototyping). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | prototyypin luominen ja kehittäminen (prototyping, software prototyping), pikamallinnus, koerakentaminen (prototyping, software prototyping). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | prototypage rapide, prototypage logiciel, maquettage rapide. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | rapid prototyping, Schnellprototyping, schneller Bau eines Prototyps (prototyping, software prototyping), Prototyping (prototyping, software prototyping), Bau eines Prototypes (prototyping, software prototyping). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | προτυποποίηση λογισμικού (prototyping, software prototyping), προτυποποίηση (prototyping, software prototyping), ταχεία κατασκευή πρωτοτύπων, ταχεία πρωτοτυποποίηση, ταχεία προτυποποίηση (prototyping, software prototyping). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | realizzazione di prototipi (prototyping, software prototyping), sviluppo di prototipi (prototyping, software prototyping), prototipazione rapida (prototyping, software prototyping), creazione rapida di prototipi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | apidray ototypingpray prototipificação rápida (prototyping, software prototyping), prototipificação (prototyping, software prototyping), prototipagem rápida, desenvolvimento expedito de protótipos. (various references) быстрое макетирование. (various references) prototipo rápido, formación rápida de prototipos, creación rápida de prototipos (prototyping, software prototyping), creación de prototipos software (prototyping, software prototyping), creación de prototipos de equipo lógico (prototyping, software prototyping), creación de prototipos (prototyping, software prototyping). (various references) snabb prototypframställning, prototypframställning (prototyping, software prototyping). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-g-i-i-n-o-o-p-p-p-r-r-t-t-y" | |
-4 letters: propitiatory. | |
-5 letters: airdropping, propitiator, prototyping. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 41 50 49 44 50 52 4F 54 4F 54 59 50 49 4E 47 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01000001 01010000 01001001 01000100 00100000 01010000 01010010 01001111 01010100 01001111 01010100 01011001 01010000 01001001 01001110 01000111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R A P I D   P R O T O T Y P I N G |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0041 0050 0049 0044 0050 0052 004F 0054 004F 0054 0059 0050 0049 004E 0047 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)523550433825052495449545950434841 |
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