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Hi everyone, one thing i didn't know clearly is the difference between instance and object? any help will be greatly appreciated.
 
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Welcome to the Ranch.

The terms "instance" and "object" refer to the same thing. An object is an instance of a class - the word "instance" relates an object to its class. For example, a String object is an instance of the class String.

A class is a blueprint to create objects - it's what describes what data objects of that class contain, and what operations you can call on those objects.
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