instantiations
Specific realized forms
Instantiations are concrete examples or realizations of something abstract.
In computing, an instantiation is the creation of a specific object from a class template—the class defines the blueprint, and each instantiation is a working copy with its own data.
More broadly, any abstract concept can have instantiations: Democracy takes different instantiations across cultures.
The word emphasizes that what was theoretical has become actual.
Individual cases or examples
- casesContainers or instances
- specimensRepresentative items for examination
- samplesSmall test portions
- illustrationsPictures explaining text
exemplars · prototypes · archetypes · models · paradigms · representatives · templates · precedents
Quality given bodily presence
- personificationAttributing humanity to non-humans
- epitomePerfect representative of type
- avatarDigital user representation
- materializationComing into tangible existence
concretization · manifestation · substantiation · actualization · expression · representation · exemplification · reification
Things that take place
- incidentsDistinct notable events
- episodesDistinct parts of a series
- phenomenaObservable facts or events
- instancesIndividual cases or examples
occasions · happenings · appearances · emergences · arising · outbreaks · manifestations · surfacings
Organized distribution of resources
- executionCompleting a planned task
- codingWriting software instructions
- integrationCombining into a whole
- configurationArrangement of parts
programming · automation · development · provisioning · virtual machines · containers · microservices
instances
Individual cases or examples
illustrations · exemplars · prototypes · archetypes · models · paradigms · representatives · templates · precedents · demonstrations
incarnation
Quality given bodily presence
- personificationAttributing humanity to non-humans
- epitomePerfect representative of type
- avatarDigital user representation
materialization · concretization · manifestation · substantiation · actualization · expression · representation · exemplification · reification · objectification
events
Things that take place
- incidentsDistinct notable events
- episodesDistinct parts of a series
- phenomenaObservable facts or events
instances · occasions · happenings · appearances · emergences · arising · outbreaks · manifestations · surfacings · recurrences
deployment
Organized distribution of resources
- executionCompleting a planned task
- codingWriting software instructions
- integrationCombining into a whole
configuration · programming · automation · development · provisioning · virtual machines · containers · microservices
instantiationsabstractions
Non-concrete conceptual ideas
templates · prototypes · archetypes · generalizations · blueprints