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Generator may refer to:
- Signal generator, electronic devices that generate repeating or non-repeating electronic signals
- Electric generator, a device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy.
- Tidal stream generator, a machine that extracts energy from moving masses of water
- Generator (circuit theory), an element in an abstract circuit providing a source of electricity
- Engine-generator, an electric generator with its own engine
- Wearable generator, a hypothetical generator that can be worn on the human body
- Gas generator a device, often similar to a solid rocket or a liquid rocket that burns to produce large volumes of relatively cool gas
- Motor–generator, a device for converting electrical power to another form
- Atmospheric water generator, a device capable of extracting water from air
Mathematics
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- Generator matrix, a matrix used in coding theory
- Generator (category theory) of a category, in category mathematics
- Generating set of a group, group generators in abstract algebra
- Infinitesimal generator (stochastic processes), in stochastic analysis
Computing
edit- Application generator, software that generates application programs from descriptions of the problem rather than by traditional programming
- Generator (computer programming), a routine that acts like an iterator
- Pseudorandom number generator, a producer of random numbers
- Code generator, part of a compiler
- Natural-language generator, generating natural language from a machine representation system such as a knowledge base or a logical form
- Random test generator, used in software testing
Music
edit- The Generators, a 1997 punk rock band from Los Angeles
- Kix (band), an American glam metal band also known as The Generators
- Generator (Bad Religion album), and the album's opening track
- Generator (Aborym album), the fourth studio album by the Italian/Norwegian industrial black metal band Aborym
- "Generator" (Foo Fighters song), 2000
- "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
- "Generator", a 2024 song by Justice from their album, Hyperdrama
Politics
edit- Generator Collective, American campaign group
See also
edit- Gener8tor, an American venture capital firm
- Generation (disambiguation)
- Generate (disambiguation)
- Regenerative heat exchanger