generics
Sayjuh-NAIR-iks/d͡ʒɪˈnɛɹɪks/
- 1Plural of generic. Use this form when talking about more than one generic product.
The pharmacist pointed out the generics on the bottom shelf.
Many shoppers buy generics to save money on everyday items.
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- 2A way of writing computer code with templates so that one program can work in many situations.
Like a cookie cutter that can stamp out shapes from any kind of dough.
Generics let programmers reuse the same code for numbers, words, or dates.
Using generics, she wrote one function that worked for every kind of data.
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generics is a form of generic
generic, noun: A product sold without a brand name, usually for less money. Full entry
- Forms
- genericgenerics plural
- Spelling
- generic → generics: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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