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Instance (computer science)
In computer science, an instance or token (from metalogic and metamathematics) is a specific occurrence of a software element that is based on a type definition.1 When created, an occurrence is said to have been instantiated, and both the creation process and the result of creation are called instantiation.
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Dahl, Ole-Johan; Myhrhaug, Bjørn; Nygaard, Kristen (1970). Common Base Language (PDF) (Report). Norwegian Computing Center. Archived from the original on 2024-09-19. Retrieved 20 August 2025. ↩
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