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In the computer programming industry, the term instantiation is used to describe the creation (naming and placement) of an object instance in an object-oriented programming (OOP) language such as Java, Python, or C++. Objects are computer files that contain an encoded sequence of instructions that computers execute when a computer user clicks on the fileʻs icon.
Many tech startups and midsize tech companies in the programming industry that develop desktop and mobile applications using object-oriented programming paradigm are familiar with instantiation. Instantiation allows developers at tech startups to easily develop coding objects that can be reused in various applications, simplifying the application development process.