Meaning instance
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An object of a particular class. In programs written in the Java(TM) programming language, an instance of a class is created using the new operator followed by the class name.
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an occurrence of something In many instances large districts or towns would have fewer representatives than smaller ones, or perhaps none at all. — Clarke, Helen Archibald
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"cite as an instance" (in the logical sense), c. 1600, from instance (n.). Middle English had a verb instauncen "to plead with, urge, entreat." Related: Instanced; instancing.
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late 14c., "urgency, insistence" (a sense now archaic), from Old French instance "effort, application; urgency, eagerness, anxiety" (13c.), from Latin instantia "presence, eff [..]
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an occurrence or example of something.
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An individual entity satisfying the description of a class or type. [D04844]
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An object of a particular class. In programs written in the Java programming language, an instance of a class is created using the new operator followed by the class name.
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In statistical analysis, the single occurrence of a phenomena or event.
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case: an occurrence of something; "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famo [..]
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A particular occurrence of an object defined by a class. All instances of a class share the behavior implemented and inherited by the class. Each instance has its own private set of the instance varia [..]
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A running VM, or a VM in a known state such as suspended, that can be used like a hardware server.
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n. A single occurrence or happening of a given kind.
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 example.
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It is an object described by its class.
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A specific occurrence of a class (that is, an object), structure, or enumeration.
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An object created by a constructor is an instance of that constructor. Learn more General knowledge
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[French, from Late Latin instantia, from Latin, the fact of being present or impending, vehemence in speech, urgency, from instant- instans insistent, pressing, from present participle of instare to . [..]
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 The platform on which the publisher’s or buyer’s product is hosted.
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An occurrence of a digital record in a particular format or at a particular point in time. For example, one instance of a record may be in its native format while another instance is a rendition. Instances may be created as a product of migration or conversion processes.
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(((Instance)))[[glo:Instance]] One can have an instance of a class or a particular object. The instance is the actual object created at runtime. In programmer jargon, the Lassie object is an instance [..]
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One can have an instance of a class or a particular object. The instance is the actual object created at runtime. In programmer jargon, the Lassie object is an instance of the Dog class.
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class method instance method instance variable static static method static variable static vs instance
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(n) an occurrence of something(n) an item of information that is typical of a class or group(v) clarify by giving an example of
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nam
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A copy of an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) running as a virtual server in the AWS cloud.
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An instance refers to one unique occurrence of a business object, for example, your Executive Management organization, or John Doe, the worker.
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An instance is simply defined as a case or occurrence of anything. In computer technology, this could be an element, document type, or a document that conforms to a particular data type definition (DT [..]
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Short for "an instance of a class", meaning an object of that class.
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The part of a summons, writ, or other document initiating proceedings in court in which the parties to the proceedings are identified and designed.
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occurrence of an entity at a particular location and orientation within a model [from BS 1192] Key performance indicator (KPI)
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An instance
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, or subroutine
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Short for “an instance of a class”, meaning an object
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A member of a class. An object is an instance of a class if it is either a direct or an indirect instance of that class. The term instance is equivalent to the term general instance.
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See Object
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An object
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A synonym for object. Objects of a class are instantiated when a class constructor is invoked via the new operator.
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A section of a multiplayer world cut off for just you and any members of your party to adventure in and explore without those pesky other humans getting in the way.
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A copy of a particular dungeon for a group of players. Instanced dungeons are parallel worlds which let different groups of players explore the same dungeon in separate groups. Games like Vindictus
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An instance is a single occurrence of a type of object. For example, a single processor is an instance of the processor object in a multiprocessor environment.
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(obsolete) Urgency of manner or words; an urgent request; insistence.''la|instantia
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lang=en 1600s=1678 |1800s=1818
1843 * '''1678''' — . ''''. *: They, moreover, gave an instance of what they affirmed, and that was, he had stripped himself of his glory, that he might do this fo [..]
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