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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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