generic type
English
Noun
generic type (plural generic types)
- (object-oriented programming) A type which can be instantiated with any other type.
- 1977, Jacques André, Implementation and Design of Algorithmic Languages:
- 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.
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Translations
type which can be instantiated with any other type
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