Paradigm (7.10.2009)

Definitions of paradigm on the Web:

• systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word
• prototype: a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father"
• substitution class: the class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another)
• the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time; "he framed the problem within the psychoanalytic paradigm"
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• Paradigm is a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Comics Universe, created for their comic book series X-Force. His first appearance was in X-Force #87.
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradigm_(comics)

• A programming paradigm is a fundamental style of computer programming. (Compare with a methodology, which is a style of solving specific software engineering problems