Look up generic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Generic 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 Contents 1 In computer programming 2 In mathematics 3 In business 4 In music In computer programming Generic function, a computer programming entity made up of all methods having the same name Generic programming, a computer programming technique that allows a method/function or class to be defined, irrespective of the concrete data types used upon instantiation In mathematics Generic filter, a mathematical filter that satisfies specific 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 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 Genericized trademark, a trademark that sometimes or usually replaces a common term in colloquial usage In music Album – Generic Flipper, an album by the band Flipper The Advantage, an American band originally called Generic This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.