Class, Object, Entity: What's the difference?

Question

I also see other terms as well: Entity Object, Value Object, etc. Are there other terms out there that I should know, and what do these terms refer to?

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Answer 1

In general a class is a construct which defines a set of properties and methods/functions while an Object is the actual instance of a class which is created at runtime.

Sample class definition:

public class Example{

...

}

The following will create an instance of the Example class as an Object at runtime;

new Example();