Fourth generation may refer to: * 4G, the fourth generation of cellular wireless standards *

Fourth-generation programming language A fourth-generation programming language (4GL) is a high-level programming language, high-level computer programming language that belongs to a class of languages envisioned as an advancement upon third-generation programming languages (3GL). Each ...

Fourth-generation jet fighter The fourth-generation fighter is a Jet fighter generations, class of jet fighters in service from around 1980 to the present, and represents design concepts of the 1970s. Fourth-generation designs are heavily influenced by lessons learned from t ...

Fourth generation warfare Fourth-generation warfare (4GW) is conflict characterized by a blurring of the distinction between war and politics, and of the distinction between combatants and civilians. It is placed as succeeding the third generation in the five-generation ...

, conflict characterized by a blurring of the lines between war and politics, soldier and civilian *

Generation IV reactor Generation IV (Gen IV) reactors are nuclear reactor design technologies that are envisioned as successors of generation III reactors. The Generation IV International Forum (GIF) – an international organization that coordinates the development of ...

, a set of theoretical nuclear reactor designs *

History of video game consoles (fourth generation) In the history of video games, the fourth generation of video game consoles, more commonly referred to as the 16-bit era, began on October 30, 1987, with the Japanese release of NEC Home Electronics' PC Engine (known as the TurboGrafx-16 in Nort ...

(1987–1999) *

Yonsei (Japanese diaspora) is a Japanese diasporic term used in countries, particularly in North America and in Latin America, to specify the great-grandchildren of Japanese immigrants (Issei). The children of Issei are Nisei (the second generation). Sansei are the thir ...

, great-grandchildren of Japanese-born emigrants *A group of Pokémon, see

List of generation IV Pokémon The fourth generation (generation IV) of the ''Pokémon'' franchise features 107 fictional species of creatures introduced to the core video game series in the 2006 Nintendo DS games ''Pokémon Diamond'' and ''Pearl''. Some Pokémon in this ge ...

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