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Signal generator
A signal generator is one of a class of Electronics, electronic devices that generates electrical signals with set properties of amplitude, frequency, and wave shape. These generated signals are used as a stimulus for electronic measurements, typ ...
, electronic devices that generate repeating or non-repeating electronic signals
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Electric generator
In electricity generation, a generator, also called an ''electric generator'', ''electrical generator'', and ''electromagnetic generator'' is an electromechanical device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy for use in an externa ...
, a device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy.
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Tidal stream generator, a machine that extracts energy from moving masses of water
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Generator (circuit theory), an element in an abstract circuit providing a source of electricity
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Engine-generator, an electric generator with its own engine
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Wearable generator, a hypothetical generator that can be worn on the human body
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Gas generator
A gas generator is a device for generating gas. A gas generator may create gas by a chemical reaction or from a solid or liquid source, when storing a pressurized gas is undesirable or impractical.
The term often refers to a device that uses a ...
a device, often similar to a solid rocket or a liquid rocket that burns to produce large volumes of relatively cool gas
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Motor–generator
A motor–generator (an MG set) is a device for converting electrical power to another form. Motor–generator sets are used to convert frequency, voltage, or phase of power. They may also be used to isolate electrical loads from the elect ...
, a device for converting electrical power to another form
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Atmospheric water generator
An atmospheric water generator (AWG), is a device that extracts water from humid ambient air, producing potable water. Water vapor in the air can be extracted either by condensation - cooling the air below its dew point, exposing the air to des ...
, a device capable of extracting water from air
Mathematics
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Generator (mathematics)
In mathematics and physics, the term generator or generating set may refer to any of a number of related concepts. The underlying concept in each case is that of a smaller set of objects, together with a set of operations that can be applied to ...
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Generator matrix
In coding theory, a generator matrix is a matrix whose rows form a basis for a linear code. The codewords are all of the linear combinations of the rows of this matrix, that is, the linear code is the row space of its generator matrix.
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, a matrix used in coding theory
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Generator (category theory) of a category, in category mathematics
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Generating set of a group
In abstract algebra, a generating set of a group is a subset of the group set such that every element of the group (mathematics), group can be expressed as a combination (under the group operation) of finitely many elements of the subset and thei ...
, group generators in abstract algebra
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Infinitesimal generator (stochastic processes), in stochastic analysis
Computing
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Application generator
An application server is a server (computing), server that hosts applications or software that delivers a Business software, business application through a communication protocol. For a typical web application, the application server sits behind th ...
, software that generates application programs from descriptions of the problem rather than by traditional programming
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Generator (computer programming)
In computer science, a generator is a routine that can be used to control the iteration behaviour of a loop. All generators are also iterators. A generator is very similar to a function that returns an array, in that a generator has parame ...
, a routine that acts like an iterator
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Pseudorandom number generator
A pseudorandom number generator (PRNG), also known as a deterministic random bit generator (DRBG), is an algorithm for generating a sequence of numbers whose properties approximate the properties of sequences of random number generation, random n ...
, a producer of random numbers
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Code generator, part of a compiler
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Natural-language generator, generating natural language from a machine representation system such as a knowledge base or a logical form
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Random test generator, used in software testing
Music
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The Generators, a 1997 punk rock band from Los Angeles
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Kix (band)
Kix (stylized as KIX) was an American hard rock band formed in 1976, that achieved popularity during the 1980s. The band's classic lineup consisted of guitarists Ronnie "10/10" Younkins and Brian "Damage" Forsythe, bassist Donnie Purnell and fr ...
, an American glam metal band also known as The Generators
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''Generator'' (Bad Religion album), and the album's opening track
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''Generator'' (Aborym album), the fourth studio album by the Italian/Norwegian industrial black metal band Aborym
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"Generator" (Foo Fighters song), 2000
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"Generator" (The Holloways song), 2006
* "Generator", a 2015 song by Doomtree from ''
All Hands''
* "Generator", a 1995 song by Elastica from ''
The Menace''
* "Generator", a 2007 song by Minipop from ''
A New Hope''
* "Generator", a 2017 song by Turnstile from ''
Time & Space
''Time & Space'' is the second studio album and major label debut by the American punk rock band Turnstile. It was released on February 23, 2018, through Roadrunner – the band's debut on the label. It is the first studio album to feature rh ...
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* "Generator", a 2024 song by Justice from their album, ''
Hyperdrama''
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Tuning generator
Politics
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Generator Collective, American campaign group
See also
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Gener8tor, an American venture capital firm
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Generation (disambiguation)
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Generate (disambiguation)
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Regenerative heat exchanger
A regenerative heat exchanger, or more commonly a regenerator, is a type of heat exchanger where heat from the hot fluid is intermittently stored in a thermal storage medium before it is transferred to the cold fluid. To accomplish this the hot fl ...
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