1. Applicable to an entire class or group
   "is there a generic Asian mind?"
    
2. (biology) relating to or common to or descriptive of all members of a genus
   "the generic name"
    
3. (of drugs) not protected by trademark
   "‘Acetaminophen’ is the generic form of the proprietary drug ‘Tylenol’"
    
4. (computing, of program code) written to operate on any data type, the type required being given as a parameter
   "The developer created a generic sorting algorithm that could work with various data types"

1. A product, especially a drug, marketed without a brand name and typically at lower cost
   "They switched to the generic version of the medication to save money"

Derived forms: generics

See also: general, nonproprietary

Type of: merch [informal], merchandise, product, ware

Encyclopedia: Generic