Instantiation
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Instantiation refers to
- Philosophy:
- A concept in Platonism, see idea.
- Instantiation principle - the idea that if properties exist, the essence that "has" the properties must necessarily exist.
- A concept in object-oriented programming, see Instance (programming), object lifetime
- 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.