A program that produces specific programs as directed by input parameters. Also known as generating routine.

A machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy; in its commonest form, a large number of conductors are mounted on an armature that is rotated in a magnetic field produced by field coils. Also known as dynamo; electric generator.

1. A vacuum-tube oscillator or any other nonrotating device that generates an alternating voltage at a desired frequency when energized with direct-current power or low-frequency alternating-current power.

2. A circuit that generates a desired repetitive or nonrepetitive waveform, such as a pulse generator.

1. One of the set of elements of an algebraic system such as a group, ring, or module which determine all other elements when all admissible operations are performed upon them.

2. See <<generatrix>>