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title: "Explain the relationship between entity, entity class, and entity instance."  
description: "Explain the relationship between entity, entity class, and entity instance."  
author: "Sumit Kesarwani"  
published: 2014-08-24  
updated: 2020-09-23  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/1993/explain-the-relationship-between-entity-entity-class-and-entity-instance  
category: "mssql server"  
tags: ["mssql server"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Explain the relationship between entity, entity class, and entity instance.

An entity is something that can be identified in the users' work environment, something that the users want to track. Entities of a given type are grouped into entity classes. An entity instance is the representation of a particular entity.

## Answers

### Answer by Sumit Kesarwani

An entity is something that can be identified in the users' work environment, something that the users want to track. Entities of a given type are grouped into entity classes. An entity instance is the representation of a particular entity.


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