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Generic generally means pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups as opposed to specific. In particular it may mean:
- Generic mood, a grammatical mood used to make generalized statements like Snow is white
- Generic role-playing game system, a framework that provides rule mechanics for any setting—world or environment or genre
In computer programming:
- Generic function, a computer programming entity made up of all methods having the same name
- Generic programming, (e.g. C++, Java and C# generics) a computer programming technique that allows one value to take different datatypes in a type-safe manner
- GENERIC, a component of the GNU Compiler Collection.
In mathematics:
- Generic filter, a mathematical filter that satisfies certain properties
- Generic point, a point in algebraic geometry
- GENERIC formalism, a mathematical framework to describe irreversible phenomena in thermodynamics
In business:
- Generic drug, a near equivalent of a brand name drug.
- Generic brand, a brand for a product that does not have an associated brand or trademark other than the trading name of the business providing the product
- Genericized trademark, a trademark that sometimes or usually replaces a common term in colloquial usage
- In tradename law, an ordinary language word which is not a registered tradename.
- Porter generic strategies, a category scheme of business strategies
- Semi-generic, a term used in the United States for certain wine designations that hold no legal meaning
In toponymy:
- A generic is the component of a place name that indicates the type of place. For example, in the names Santa Monica Boulevard and Mount Everest, the generics are Boulevard and Mount.
