generic

adj. general, of or pertaining to a class or kind; of a genus (Biology); of goods or medication sold without a brand name

n. substance or product sold under generic name (e.g. generic drug); wine that is a mixture of several varieties of grapes and is not named after any specific grape; (American Slang) negro, black person

This article is about computer software. For related uses of the word, see Generic. In the GNU Compiler Collection, GENERIC is an intermediate representation common to all the front-ends of GCC. The middle-end of GCC, starting with the GENERIC representation and ending after the expansion to RTL, contains all the optimizers and analyzers working independently of the compiled language and independently of the target architecture.
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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 whiteGeneric 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 genreGeneric drug, a drug identified by its chemical name rather than its brand name
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Generic /ge·ner·ic/ 1. pertaining to a genus. 2. nonproprietary; denoting a drug name not protected by a trademark, usually descriptive of the [more]Generic - Community and Resources

Adjective
1. relating to or common to or descriptive of all members of a genus; "the generic name"
(pertainym) genus
(classification) biology, biological science
2. (of drugs) not protected by trademark; "`Acetaminophen' is the generic form of the proprietary drug `Tylenol'"
(similar) nonproprietary
(classification) drug
3. applicable to an entire class or group; "is there a generic Asian mind?"
(similar) general

(a.)
Alt. of Generical