olemus
Wiktionary:
1. very comprehensive; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups (genera) as opposed to specific instances
3. (of a product or drug) not having a brand name; nonproprietary in design or contents; fungible with the rest of its class
5. (grammar) specifying neither masculine nor feminine; epicene; unisex
Words like salesperson and firefighter are generic.
6. (computing, of procedures) written so as to operate on any data type, the type required being passed as a parameter

näiteid
generic brand -- üldmark
generic demand -- üldnõudlus
generic font -- üldfont
generic information types and information items --
-- üldistatud infotüübid ja infoüksused
generic name -- üldnimi, üldnimetus
generic products -- argitooted
generic programming -- üldistav programmeerimine
generic term -- üldmõiste; liigisõna
generic trademark -- põhikaubamärk
generic type -- sootüüp; üldtüüp

vt ka
- ülddraiver
- üldisrünne