Generic

This article deals with the abstract - for the linguistic meaning see Generic (Linguistics) .

Generic (from Latin gigno , 3rd genui , genitus “to create, to produce, to cause”) is the property of a material or abstract object, especially a designation , not to refer to something specific, i.e. to distinguishing peculiarities, but on the contrary to itself to have a whole class, genus or set applied or to produce such a class, as it were, or to stand for it.

Use: General

The adjective "generic" is assigned depending on the specific context in which it is used with very different meanings and nuanced designation refers to a higher category or hierarchy level or at least to a broader class. In many contexts, “specific” is the opposite of “generic”. Generic terms or object names arise from the abstraction of common features of different terms or objects and are complex insofar as they stand for a multitude of more specific term contents and meanings: For example, the generic terms “culture” or “process” have a lot of implications.

For example B. in opera music the generic term for duets, trios, quartets and other polyphonic singing: ensemble .

Examples

In linguistics (linguistics) which means generic use , an expression that he was not well-defined individual objects referenced , but any object from a whole class, for example when generic masculine (see Genericity )

The term is also often used in the IT field:

• A generic domain (also descriptive or speaking domain) is an Internet domain whose name consists of a generic term, e.g. B. pizza.com or similar. In contrast, there are domains that consist of proper names or imaginary names.
• Generic drivers are computer programs that can be used to operate many different devices in one class (e.g. for many hard drives).
• In object-oriented programming , the functions (more precisely: methods) of an object class are deliberately initially designed as generally as possible so that they can be used for different data types and data structures . A specialization is then easily possible through derived object classes.

Mathematical meanings:

• In algebraic geometry there is the term generic point .
• In general, the term generic is used in mathematics, especially in connection with function spaces.
• In medicine, a generic drug contains the same active ingredients as a branded drug.

See also

• Generic type (data type in computer science)
• Generic strategy (competitive matrix: Porter's concept)
• Generative ("generating")
• Genericity (disambiguation)

Web links

Wiktionary: generic  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

1. ↑ generic. In: Duden online. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
2. ↑ generic. In: Alternative dictionary. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
3. ↑ generic. In: Wortscheutung.info. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
4. ↑ generic. In: Academic Universal Lexicon. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
5. ↑ generic. In: enzyklo.de. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
6. ^ Heinrich Christoph Koch: Concise concise dictionary of music for practical sound artists and for amateurs . Heinrich Christoph Koch, Leipzig 1807, p. 138 ( page preview in Google Book search).