General-purpose may refer to:
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General-purpose technology
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General-purpose alternating current, AC electric power supply
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General-purpose autonomous robots
A robot is a machine—especially one programmable by a computer—capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically. A robot can be guided by an external control device, or the control may be embedded within. Robots may be c ...
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General-purpose heat source
Law and government
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General-purpose administrative subdivision
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General-purpose criterion, in international law
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General-purpose district
A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
Military
* A popular false etymology for the
Willys MB "Jeep"
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General-purpose bomb
A general-purpose bomb is an air-dropped bomb intended as a compromise between blast damage, penetration, and fragmentation in explosive effect. They are designed to be effective against enemy troops, vehicles, and buildings.
Characteristics ...
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General-purpose machine gun
* General-purpose mask,
M50 Joint-Service
* General-purpose vessel,
Explorer class in the Royal Australian Navy
Computing
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General-purpose computer
A computer is a machine that can be programmed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations ( computation) automatically. Modern digital electronic computers can perform generic sets of operations known as programs. These pro ...
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General-purpose DBMS
In computing, a database is an organized collection of data stored and accessed electronically. Small databases can be stored on a file system, while large databases are hosted on computer clusters or cloud storage. The design of databases s ...
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General-Purpose Graphics Processing Unit (GPGPU)
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General-purpose input/output (GPIO)
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General-purpose macro processor
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General-purpose markup language
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General-purpose modeling
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General-purpose operating system
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General-purpose macro processor or general-purpose
preprocessor
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General-purpose programming language
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General-purpose register
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General-Purpose Serial Interface (GPSI)
See also
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General (disambiguation)
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Purpose (disambiguation)
Purpose is the end for which something is done, created or for which it exists. It is part of the topic of intentionality and goal-seeking behavior.
Related concepts and subjects:
* Goal, a desired result or possible outcome
* Intention, the stat ...
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Jeep (disambiguation)
Jeep — ''with a capital J'' — is a trademarked automotive brand, currently owned by Chrysler (officially FCA US LLC), part of Stellantis.
Jeep or jeep may also refer to:
Jeep-like vehicles
Vehicle concepts
* Four-wheel drive vehicles in ge ...
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GP (disambiguation)
Gp or GP may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Gaming
* Gameplanet (New Zealand), a New Zealand video game community
* GamePolitics.com, a blog about the politics of computer and video games
* ''GamePro'', a monthly video game magazine
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