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gen ⇝

generate

To produce something according to an algorithm or program or set of rules, or as a (possibly unintended) side effect of the execution of an algorithm or program.

The opposite of parse.

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Last updated: 1995-06-15

Nearby terms:

General Recursion Theorem ♦ generate ♦ generation ♦ Generic Array Logic

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