What is a Class?

Data-Design Dictionary.
A dictionary to illuminate data-driven generative design and creative coding.

Definition

The term class originates from a specific field of computer science: object-oriented programming. A class describes what in the context of data-driven generative design is called an idea in the words of Plato. An object is a specific instance arising from the class in the Platonic sense world. An infinite number of objects can be generated from a single class.

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