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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>generate</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../G.html" title="G"/><link rel="previous" href="General-Public-Virus.html" title="General Public Virus"/><link rel="next" href="Genius-From-Mars-Technique.html" title="Genius From Mars Technique"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">generate</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="General-Public-Virus.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">G</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Genius-From-Mars-Technique.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="generate"/><dt xmlns="" id="generate"><b>generate</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">vt.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> To produce something according to an algorithm or program or set of
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rules, or as a (possibly unintended) side effect of the execution of an
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algorithm or program. The opposite of <a href="../P/parse.html"><i class="glossterm">parse</i></a>. This
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term retains its mechanistic connotations (though often humorously) when
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used of human behavior. “<span class="quote">The guy is rational most of the time, but
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mention nuclear energy around him and he'll generate
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<a href="../I/infinite.html"><i class="glossterm">infinite</i></a> flamage.</span>”</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="General-Public-Virus.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../G.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Genius-From-Mars-Technique.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">General Public Virus </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Genius From Mars Technique</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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