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mockup

mockup is the alternative form of mock-up.

Meaning of mock-up

Noun

mock-up (plural mock-ups)

  1. A scale or full-size model of a design or device which is not fully functional, used for teaching, demonstration, design evaluation, promotion, or other purposes.
    • The second-class accommodation shown in mock-up at last year's Railway Design exhibition in London was open saloon, but there is still nagging concern that the public has expressed a clear preference for compartments.1964 February, “British Railways' passenger plans”, in Modern Railways, page 73
  2. A prototype, usually low-fidelity, such as a paper illustration, screenshot, or simple screen configuration with limited interaction.
    • I knew that the software was a mock up and as such it would require the team at least half an hour to put together the components before I could proceed.2018, Dr Low Lee Yong, I Dare to Dream Making Possible the Impossible

Forms of mockup

pluralmockups

Origin of mockup

See mock-up.

Questions about mockup

What is mockup the alternative form of?
Mockup is the alternative form of mock-up.

Words near mockup in the dictionary

  1. mocktails
  2. mocktini
  3. mocktinis
  4. mockumentaries
  5. mockumentary
  6. mockup
  7. mockups
  8. mockworthy
  9. mocky
  10. moclobemide
  11. mocmain

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