Singleton: meaning, definitions and examples

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singleton

 

[ หˆsษชล‹ษก(ษ™)ltษ™n ]

Noun
Context #1 | Noun

programming

A design pattern that restricts the instantiation of a class to a single instance.

Synonyms

single instance pattern

Examples of usage

  • Using the singleton pattern ensures that a class has only one instance in a program.
  • The singleton pattern is commonly used in software development to control access to resources.

Translations

Translations of the word "singleton" in other languages:

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น solteiro

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ เคเค•เคฒ

๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Einzelgรคnger

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ tunggal

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ะพะดะธะฝะฐะบ

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ singiel

๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต ใ‚ทใƒณใ‚ฐใƒซใƒˆใƒณ

๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท cรฉlibataire

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ soltero

๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท bekar

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท ์‹ฑ๊ธ€ํ†ค

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ุฃุนุฒุจ

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ singl

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ jednotlivec

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ ๅ•่บซ

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ samec

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ einleiki

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ ะฑะพะนะดะฐา›

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช แƒ›แƒแƒ แƒขแƒแƒฎแƒ”แƒšแƒ

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ tษ™k

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ soltero

Etymology

The term 'singleton' originated from the concept of a singleton set in mathematics, which is a set with exactly one element. In software development, the singleton design pattern was first introduced by the 'Gang of Four' in their book 'Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software'. The pattern has since become a fundamental concept in object-oriented programming.

See also: singleness, singles, singlet.