(idea) by flamingweasel Mon Mar 13 2000 at 10:59:58
To create an occurance of. Used in object oriented programming to describe the creation of an object in code. example in c++:

class bird {
private:
   int wings, feet, beak;
public:
   void fly();
};

void main() {
   bird chicken;    //here's the instantiation of a bird object
}
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