INSTANCE

Instance

An instance, in object-oriented programming , is a specific realization of any object. An object may be varied in a number of ways. Each realized variation of that object is an instance. The creation of a realized instance is called instantiation.

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instance

Noun

  1. Urgency of manner or words; an urgent request; insistence.
  2. A token; a sign; a symptom or indication.
  3. That which is urgent; motive.
  4. Occasion; order of occurrence.
  5. A case offered as an exemplification or a precedent; an illustrative example.
  6. One of a series of recurring occasions, cases, essentially the same.
  7. A piece of evidence; a proof or sign (of something).
  8. In object-oriented programming: a created object, one that has had memory allocated for local data storage; an instantiation of a class.
  9. A dungeon or other area that is duplicated for each player, or each party of players, that enters it, so that each player or party has a private copy of the area, isolated from other players.
  10. An individual copy of such a dungeon or other area.

Verb

  1. To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite; as, to instance a fact.
  2. To cite an example as proof; to exemplify.


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