[1] : WordNet (r) 2.0

instantiation
     n : a representation of an idea in the form of an instance of
         it; "how many instantiations were found?"

[2] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

instantiation
     
         producing a more defined version of some object
        by replacing variables with values or other variables.
     
        1. in object-oriented programming, producing a particular
        object from its class template.  this involves allocation
        of a structure with the types specified by the template, and
        initialisation of instance variables with either default
        values or those provided by the class's constructor
        function.
     
        2. in unification, as used in logic programming, type
        checking and type inference, binding a logic variable
        type variable to some value type.
     
        1995-03-28
     
     
see also:
object-oriented programming object class template instance variable constructor unification 
logic programming type checking type inference logic variable type variable 

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