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prefab

prefab

6.5
A saved digital object that you can reuse in a program or game
  • noun
  • /ˈpriːfæb/
  • Jargon
translation icon : prefab
  • You can drag this prefab into your game and it will initiate the Kinect and do all the stuff that's required for that.

Examples

  • If you are using prefabs, you may notice that the materials are "bold," which indicates that they differ from the one inside the Prefab.

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  • And the last thing that I want to do is on this prefab, I actually want to add component.

  • In game development, a prefab serves as a template for creating multiple instances of an object.

  • The artist created a prefab that can be reused in different scenes of the video game.

  • Using a prefab allows developers to save time by creating standard game elements efficiently.

Antonyms

3 3.5

A person or thing unlike any other

How Reusable

library
  • Specialized
77 4.9
prefab
  • Jargon
6.5
template
  • Texting
18 3.2
asset
770 3.5
instance
2.6

Surface Forms

prefab singular
prefabs plural

Etymology

The word prefab comes from prefabricated, where pre- means 'before' and fabric means 'to make'. A helpful way to remember the computing sense is that a digital prefab is an object 'made before' and saved as a template you can drop into a game, so changing the template updates all its copies.