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title: "What is an Instance?"  
description: "What is an Instance?"  
author: "Pushpendra Singh"  
published: 2010-10-25  
updated: 2020-09-18  
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category: "oops"  
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# What is an Instance?

An instance has state, behaviour and identity. The structure and behaviour of similar classes are defined in their common class. An instance is also called as an object.

## Answers

### Answer by Pushpendra Singh

An instance has state, behaviour and identity. The structure and behaviour of similar classes are defined in their common class. An instance is also called as an object.


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