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Rapid application development (RAD), is a software development process developed initially by James Martin in the 1980s.

Rapid prototyping, is the automatic construction of physical objects using solid freeform fabrication.

The proliferation of quick-turn pcb fab companies and quick-turn pcb assembly houses has enabled the concepts of rapid prototyping to be applied to electronic circuit design.

In electronics, prototyping means building an actual circuit to a theoretical design to verify that it works, and to provide a physical platform for debugging it if it does not.

The prototyping model is a software development process that begins with requirements collection, followed by prototyping and user evaluation.

Advantages of prototyping

• Prototypes can be easily changed
• May provide the proof of concept necessary to attract funding
• Early visibility of the prototype g
  

Prototyping is the process of quickly putting together a working model (a prototype) in order to test various aspects of a design, illustrate ideas or features and gather early user feedback.