instantiation
IPA: ɪnstænʃiˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- (uncountable) The production of an instance, example, or specific application of a general classification, principle, theory, etc.
- (countable) Something resulting from the act of instantiating; an instance.
- (by extension, object-oriented programming) Creation of an instance of some class or template.
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Examples of "instantiation" in Sentences
- Wherein the Concept of Rod Logic is described, and the instantiation of the elementary logical Gates is shewn.
- The instantiation might be custom hardware if performance is a concern, or CPU+software if circumstances warrant.
- This process is called instantiation and requires using the new keyword in the following generalized code: var myVariableNam: DataType = new Class;
- It's an improvisational, half-baked talk, and not held to the standards of proof, wholehearted conviction, or instantiation that we'd otherwise expect.
- So, individuals cannot be eliminated by introducing the notion of instantiation, for that very notion is itself intelligible only in terms of individuals.
- In a nutshell, a class is an object with constructs instances through a process called instantiation, therefore defining the namespace, behavior, and state of that instance.
- In either case, the functionality is identical, so claiming that a patent on the hardware version is good while a patent on the software instantiation is verboten seems to me to be a false dichotomy.
- It can be argued, however, that this is simply an illusion, because the notion of instantiation in fact makes no sense except in relation to what is instantiated (a property) and what it is instantiated in (an individual).
- I know enough about this issue to know that ESEA is the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the main federal law authorizing federal financial assistance to schools whose most recent instantiation is also known as No Child Left Behind.
- Over the last two decades, predictions about the social effects of the Internet have ranged from cybernetic anarchy (both utopian and distopian) to the instantiation of a fascistic regime of surveillance that would make Orwell look like a piker.
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