instantiation
Making something real
Instantiation is the act of creating a concrete instance from something abstract.
In computing, you instantiate a class to produce an object—the template becomes a working thing: The program instantiates a new user object for each login.
More broadly, instantiation means giving tangible form to a concept or category: Her essay was an instantiation of everything wrong with academic writing.
Individual for examination
- caseContainer or instance
- sampleSubset for study
- occurrenceSomething that takes place
- illustrationPicture explaining something
particular · exemplar · specific case · token · demonstration · representative · model · precedent
Outward display of something
- incarnationQuality given bodily presence
- materializationComing into tangible existence
- realizationGrasping what's true
- concretizationMaking abstract things tangible
substantiation · personification · epitome · expression · exemplification · reification · avatar · actualization
Tangible entity or aim
- classGrouping by shared traits
- constructorOne who assembles
- allocationDistribution of shares
- initializationPreparing system for operation
factory · singleton · prototype · polymorphism · inheritance · runtime · compilation · variable
Point of creation
- originationAct of bringing forth
- inceptionFounding moment
- formationCreation or arrangement
- productionMaking or generating something
construction · establishment · initialization · spawning · generation · fabrication · founding · launch
specimen
Individual for examination
- caseContainer or instance
- sampleSubset for study
- occurrenceSomething that takes place
illustration · particular · exemplar · specific case · token · demonstration · representative · model · precedent · example
manifestation
Outward display of something
- incarnationQuality given bodily presence
- materializationComing into tangible existence
- realizationGrasping what's true
concretization · substantiation · personification · epitome · expression · exemplification · reification · avatar · actualization · objectification
object
Tangible entity or aim
- classGrouping by shared traits
- constructorOne who assembles
- allocationDistribution of shares
initialization · factory · singleton · prototype · polymorphism · inheritance · runtime · compilation · variable · reference
genesis
Point of creation
- originationAct of bringing forth
- inceptionFounding moment
- formationCreation or arrangement
production · construction · establishment · initialization · spawning · generation · fabrication · founding · launch · initiation
prototype
First functional specimen
- paradigmGoverning framework of thought
- modelRepresentation or paradigm
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
template · blueprint · exemplar · standard · ideal · benchmark · original · type · universal
- metaphysicsessence, being, reality, existence, substance theory
- software developmentcoding, programming, bug, debug, debugging
- ontologyontology, being, existence, becoming, universals
- discoursediscussion, discourse, text analysis, dialogue, cohesion
- metamodelingEMF, M2
- OOP conceptsclasses, inheritance, subclass, objects, encapsulation
instantiationabstraction
Distilling to essential qualities
generalization · induction · categorization · dissolution · classification
instantiationpotentiality
Capacity to develop
abstraction · nonexistence · unrealized · virtuality · latency
instant, instantly, instance, instantaneous, instants, instantiate