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Generic is something that is general, common, or inclusive rather than specific, unique, or selective.
- 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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