Generator

Generator may refer to: Electrical generator
Engine-generator, an electrical generator, but with its own engine.
Generator (mathematics), any of several closely related usages in mathematics.

Music "Generator" (song), a song by The Foo Fighters
"Generator" (The Holloways song), a song by The Holloways
Generator (Bad Religion album), an album by punk band Bad Religion, and its opening track
Generator (Aborym album)
The Generators, a punk rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1997 by members of the defunct Warner Bros. band Schleprock
Kix (band), an American glam metal band also known as the Generators

In computing: Generator (computer science), a specialized routine that acts like an iterator
A program which produces a stream of data
Pseudorandom number generator, producer of a sequence of random or nearly-random numbers
Prime number generator, a producer of the ordered sequence of prime numbers
A zero-generator, the pseudo-device /dev/zero outputs a never ending stream of zero-valued bytes
Code generator, a program which creates source code as its output
anything that creates source code automatically in generative programming
Natural language generator, a program that produces human language from a machine representation
Generator matrix, a matrix whose rows can generate all the elements of a linear code

In popular culture: A Generator in the anime Generator Gawl is a metal-organic hybrid organism with far greater powers than that of a human.

See also

Generate
Ginerator

Translation

The word "Generator" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Dutch, Norwegian (Nynorsk), Polish, Portuguese.

Translation(s) in other languages: Tamil: இயற்றி, Czech: Generátor, French: Générateur, Italian: Generatore, Russian: Генератор, Slovak: Generátor, Swedish: Generator (olika betydelser), Ukrainian: Генератор.