Instantiation

Instantiation

Instantiation or instance may be
*Philosophy::*A concept in Platonism, see "idea":*"Instantiation principle" - the idea that if properties exist, the essence that "has" the properties must necessarily exist:*"Universal instantiation" and "existential instantiation", two rules of logical inference:*A "substitution instance" is a formula of mathematical logic that can be produced by substituting certain strings of symbols for others in formulas.
*An "Object (computer science)" is often also referred to as an instance of a class
*"Table instance" (or "database instance"), a concept in database design; see Row (database)
*Instance dungeon, a feature of many online games such as World of Warcraft and City of Heroes
*The first moment of existence of a thing, whether living or not. The concept of the big bang theory, at the instant it happened, represents the "instantiation" of the universe.
*instance (law)


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