instances

Definition

Individual items — one data point in machine learning, one running process or virtual machine in systems work. The word inherits its meaning from the class-versus-instance distinction: an instance is a concrete realization of a general type. Which sense applies is set by the surrounding noun, so read it: training instances are examples, cloud instances are machines.

Explainers using this term

• Paper walkthrough: CyberFactory — turning wild CVEs into runnable training problemsCyberFactory: Scaling Cyber Security Capabilities with Instances from the Wild