• Generic mood, a grammatical mood used to make generalized statements like Snow is white
• Generic antecedent
  Generic antecedent
  Generic antecedents are representatives of classes, referred to in ordinary language by another word , in a situation in which gender is typically unknown or irrelevant. These mostly arise in generalizations and are particularly common in abstract, theoretical or strategic discourse...
  
  s, referents in linguistic contexts, which are classes
• Generic role-playing game system
  Generic role-playing game system
  A generic role-playing game system or universal role-playing game system is a role-playing game system designed to be independent of setting and genre...
  
  , a framework that provides rule mechanics for any setting—world or environment or genre
• Generic drug
  Generic drug
  A generic drug is a drug defined as "a drug product that is comparable to brand/reference listed drug product in dosage form, strength, route of administration, quality and performance characteristics, and intended use." It has also been defined as a term referring to any drug marketed under its...
  
  , a drug identified by its chemical name rather than its brand name

In computer programming

• Generic function
  Generic function
  In certain systems for object-oriented programming such as the Common Lisp Object System and Dylan, a generic function is an entity made up of all methods having the same name. Typically a generic function itself is an instance of a class that inherits both from function and standard-object...
  
  , a computer programming entity made up of all methods having the same name
• Generic programming
  Generic programming
  In a broad definition, generic programming is a style of computer programming in which algorithms are written in terms of to-be-specified-later types that are then instantiated when needed for specific types provided as parameters...
  
  , a computer programming technique that allows a method/function or class to be defined, irrespective of the concrete data types used upon instantiation
  • Generics in Java
    Generics in Java
    Generics are a facility of generic programming that was added to the Java programming language in 2004 as part of J2SE 5.0. They allow "a type or method to operate on objects of various types while providing compile-time type safety." A common use of this feature is when using a Java Collection...
    
    

In mathematics

• Generic filter
  Generic filter
  In the mathematical field of set theory, a generic filter is a kind of object used in the theory of forcing, a technique used for many purposes, but especially to establish the independence of certain propositions from certain formal theories, such as ZFC...
  
  , a mathematical filter that satisfies specific properties
• Generic point
  Generic point
  In mathematics, in the fields general topology and particularly of algebraic geometry, a generic point P of a topological space X is an algebraic way of capturing the notion of a generic property: a generic property is a property of the generic point.- Definition and motivation :A generic point of...
  
  , a special kind of point whose behavior reflects the behavior of a closed subset of an algebraic variety or scheme
• Generic property
  Generic property
  In mathematics, properties that hold for "typical" examples are called generic properties. For instance, a generic property of a class of functions is one that is true of "almost all" of those functions, as in the statements, "A generic polynomial does not have a root at zero," or "A generic...
  
  , a formal definition of a property shared by almost all objects of a certain type
• GENERIC formalism
  GENERIC formalism
  In non-equilibrium thermodynamics, GENERIC is an acronym for General Equation for Non-Equilibrium Reversible-Irreversible Coupling. It is the general form of dynamic equation for a system with both reversible and irreversible dynamics...
  
  , a mathematical framework to describe irreversible phenomena in thermodynamics

In business

• Generic term, a common name used for a range or class of similar things not protected by trademark
• Generic brand
  Generic brand
  Generic brands of consumer products are distinguished by the absence of a brand name. It is often inaccurate to describe these products as "lacking a brand name", as they usually are branded, albeit with either the brand of the store in which they are sold or a lesser-known brand name which may...
  
  , a brand for a product that does not have an associated brand or trademark, other than the trading name of the business providing the product
• Genericized trademark
  Genericized trademark
  A genericized trademark is a trademark or brand name that has become the colloquial or generic description for, or synonymous with, a general class of product or service, rather than as an indicator of source or affiliation as intended by the trademark's holder...
  
  , 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
  The Advantage
  The Advantage is an American rock band from Sacramento, California that formed in 1998 and specializes in doing covers of music from old NES games...
  
  , an American band originally called Generic