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generic types

generic types is the plural of generic type.

Meaning of generic type

Noun

generic type (plural generic types)

  1. (object-oriented programming) A type which can be instantiated with any other type.
    • We call generic type a parametrized specification defining a family of types. Each member of that family is characterized, in a defining occurrence, by its generic name and its actual parameters.1977, Jacques André, Implementation and Design of Algorithmic Languages

Questions about generic types

What is generic types the plural of?
Generic types is the plural of generic type.

Words near generic types in the dictionary

  1. generic term
  2. generic they
  3. generic top-level domain
  4. generic top-level domains
  5. generic type
  6. generic types
  7. generic you
  8. Generica
  9. generical
  10. generically
  11. genericalness

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