"instance variable" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: instance variables [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} instance variable (plural instance variables)
  1. (software, object-oriented programming) A member variable that is associated with a class for which each object of the class has a separate copy. Wikipedia link: instance variable Categories (topical): Object-oriented programming, Software Translations (Translations): ilmentymämuuttuja (Finnish), instanssimuuttuja (Finnish), Instanzvariable [feminine] (German), tilviksbreyta [feminine] (Icelandic), variabilă instanță [feminine] (Romanian)

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