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instance

instance

42 7.0
A running computer in the cloud that runs software
  • noun
  • /ˈɪnstəns/
  • Specialized
translation icon : instancia
  • To efficiently manage resources, we need to monitor each instance running on our servers.
  • EC2 instances
  • two EC2 instances

And it runs two separate instances of Star Wars Battlefront.

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Examples

  • In these instances, the interviewer retrieved these values from the child's last doctor's visit.

    Academic text (2012)
  • So we can go and get an OSC instance here as well.

  • Those are the variables associated with each instance of the class.

  • All objects that are instances of the class will have the same structure.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Then you are doing this method call and it returns you a new instance of Integer.

  • All the constructs represent sets or types of object instances, as opposed to individual instances themselves.

    Academic text (1990)
  • There is no doubt that specific instances of coastal management regulations with illegitimate purposes exist.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The first successful instance of brokered representation involving a post of significance did not come until 1973.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Upgrading all instances of PKI is a systemic issue, since various PKIs involve different structures and purposes.

    Academic text (2012)
  • When you launch an application, it creates an instance of the program in your operating system.

Idioms

666 1.5

To give an example that shows what you mean

Surface Forms

instance singular
instances plural

Etymology

Instance originally meant a single 'case' that 'stands' on its own, from an old root meaning 'to stand', like stand. That's why in computing an instance is one running 'copy' of a machine or service that runs on its own.