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What does generic mean?

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Adjective
  1. Very comprehensive; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups as opposed to specific.
  2. Lacking in precision, often in an evasive fashion; vague; imprecise.
  3. (of a product or drug) Not having a brand name.
  4. (biology) Of or relating to a taxonomic genus.
  5. Relating to gender.
  6. (grammar) Specifying neither masculine nor feminine; epicene.
  7. (computing) (Of program code) Written so as to operate on any data type, the type required being passed as a parameter.
  8. (point) Having coordinates that are algebraically independent over the base field.
Noun
  1. A product sold under a generic name.
  2. A wine that is a blend of several wines, or made from a blend of several grape varieties.
  3. (grammar) A term that specifies neither male nor female.
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