An identifiable occurrence or occasion of something; in the case of Dublin Core, a specific occurrence of an information resource
In programming, instantiation is the creation of a real instance or particular realization of an abstraction or template such as a class of objects or a computer process 1) In approaches to data modeling and programming prior to object-oriented programming, one usage of instantiate was to make a real (data-filled) object from an abstract object as you would do by creating an entry in a database table (which, when empty, can be thought of as a kind of class template for the objects to be filled in) 2) In the object-oriented programming language, Java, the object that you instantiate from a class is, confusingly enough, called a class instead of an object In other words, using Java, you instantiate a class to create a specific class that is also an executable file you can run in a computer
In predicate logic, to remove a quantifier from a wff and either leave the previously bound variables free or replace them with constants See generalization; quantifier
{i} act of providing evidence to support a claim, act of supporting with an example; act of producing a more specifically defined object by replacing some variables with values (Computer Programming)
A generated class or function (a definition) that is the result of binding a template to particular argument types Also known as a generation
1 In object-oriented programming, producing a particular object from its class template This involves allocation of a structure with the types specified by the template, and initialization of instance variables with either default values or those provided by the class's constructor function 2 In unification, (as used in logic programming, type checking and type inference), binding a logic variable (type variable) to some value (type)
(1) (n ) In the XGLTM library, the allocation of resources that occurs when a variable of an object type is declared (2) (n ) The process of creating a particular widget from a particular widget class See also widget instance
The act of creating an object instance from a class (script) In Lingo, this is done by calling a script's new() method (handler) Director instantiates objects from various scripts automatically, such as sprite scripts and movie scripts See OO Fundamentals
a representation of an idea in the form of an instance of it; "how many instantiations were found?"
Making a copy of a default rule at an object level This makes the object the owner of the copy of the rule Oracle Expert uses an object's values for instantiated rules during an analysis See also default rules and rules
A feature available in some FOUNDATION devices where the end user can select how many instances of a function block exists in a device For example all transmitters will provide at least One Analogue Input (AI)Block, if the device supports Instantiation then the end user can add AI blocks as required (there will be a limit) top
The act of creating an instance of a generic unit by replacing its formal parameters by a set of matching actual parameters
The first time a PL/SQL package is called, it is instantiated The package is read into memory Memory is allocated for any variables defined in the package Each session will have its own copy of packaged variables
{f} provide evidence to support a claim, support with an example; produce a more specifically defined object by replacing some variables with values (Computer Programming)
To create or generate a particular instance or object of a data type, often a template class For example, an instance box1 of class box could be instantiated with the declaration: box box1
In object-oriented programming, to represent a class abstraction with a concrete instance of the class A way to replicate a class file into several new components
To run a program by making a single call to the program The instructions that are executed together with the set of data produced by the unique call to the program are called an instance of the program
To create an instance of an object type An object is an instance of a class A 3D world within a Hyperwire title is an instance of that world; the title can contain more than one such instance
To make a run-time object in the NewtonScript heap from a template Usually this term refers to the process of creating a view from a template Source: NPG
find an instance of (a word or particular usage of a word); "The linguists could not instantiate this sense of the noun that he claimed existed in a certain dialect"
To create or generate a particular instance or object of a data type For example, an instance box1 of class box could be instantiated with the declaration: box box1