What are prototypes in programming?

Question

Programming

Good afternoon. Searched the internet but didn't find anything. Explain what "prototypes" are

Answer 1

There is a generative design pattern "Prototype"
And there is Prototype programming
If you are asking about the pattern, then in a nutshell, the Prototype is when we create a new volume by copying, and not creating a new one through the constructor. Used when creating an object is resource intensive and it is more efficient to copy an existing object