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{{Wiktionary}}
'''Generic''' means pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups as opposed to specific members of the group. It may refer to:
* [[Generic mood]], a grammatical mood used to make generalized statements like ''Snow is white''
* [[Generic antecedents]], referents in linguistic contexts, which are classes.
* [[Generic role-playing game system]], a framework that provides rule mechanics for any setting—world or environment or genre
* [[Generic drug]], a drug identified by its chemical name rather than its brand name
'''In computer programming:'''
* [[Generic function]], a computer programming entity made up of all methods having the same name
* [[Generic programming]], (e.g. [[Free Pascal]], [[C++]], [[Java (programming language)|Java]] and [[C Sharp (programming language)|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 special kind of point whose behavior reflects the behavior of a closed subset of an algebraic variety or scheme.
* [[Generic property]], a formal definition of a property shared by almost all objects of a certain type. (For example, almost all functions in a given class or almost all points in a given space.)
* [[GENERIC formalism]], a mathematical framework to describe irreversible phenomena in thermodynamics
'''In business:'''
* [[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
* 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:'''
* 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''.
'''In zoology:'''
* anything pertaining to a [[genus]].
'''In music:'''
* [[Album - Generic Flipper]]
* The Nintendo cover-band [[The Advantage]] was originally called Generic, and the band Generic is occasionally mentioned in scribblings by members of the band or their labels.
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