What does paradigm mean?

Thomas Kuhn defined paradigm as what is to be observed and scrutinized. But it is the scientific definition of paradigm. It can also be defined as a set of assumptions , concepts, values, and practices constituting a view of reality.I think that is a beter definition for paradigm. Paradigm also can be assessed as a model of something. So paradigm has not got a certain definition. There are lots of different definition for paradigm. As a result everything ,which we used for constituting a view of reality, is a paradigm.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradigm
www.tereco.sr.unh.edu/definitions.html
www.releasechimps.org/resources/glossary/

http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=paradigm