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area instance version
Variant of an area in the shared objects memory. In an area instance version, shared objects are stored in the form of anonymous data objects or instances of shared memory-enabled classes, where for every area instance version, there is at least one instance of the root data class of the area. Creating and accessing area instance versions is performed exclusively using area handles. Each area instance version has a name. Area instance versions with identical names form an area instance.