instance

A copy of an Amazon Machine Image running as a virtual server in the AWS cloud.

A fundamental building block of AWS cloud which acts as a virtual server that runs applications. Instances are created from an Amazon Machine Image.

Area of the game that is for you and your party alone.

Once an AMI has been launched, the resulting running system is referred to as an instance. All instances based on the same AMI start out identical and any information on them is lost when the instances are terminated or fail.

An instance is the AWS version of a server. They come in a variety of sizes small, large, and extra-large and are designed to provide predictable and dedicated computing power on demand. Amazon charges you directly based on instance-per-hour usage.

A synonym for object. Objects of a class are instantiated when a class constructor is invoked via the new operator.

An object of a particular class. In programs written in the Java programming language, an instance of a class is created using the new operator followed by the class name.

Short for "an instance of a class", meaning an "object" of that "class".