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What is "general-purpose"

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
general-purpose
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ All the computers we consider are general-purpose, at least in theory, although they may be oriented towards particular application areas.
▪ Most research in the field has concentrated on modelling logical-sequential computation, which is well suited to general-purpose digital computers.
▪ Some of the programs, however, are of the general-purpose type.
▪ Specific, narrow-targeted services should be developed either to replace or supplement general-purpose business information services.
▪ The remaining techniques have not given rise to general-purpose instruments but have proved useful in particular experiments.
Wiktionary
general-purpose

a. for general purposes; all-purpose

WordNet
general-purpose

adj. not limited in use or function [syn: all-purpose]

Wikipedia
General-purpose

General-purpose may refer to:

  • General purpose technology
  • General-purpose alternating current, AC electric power supply
  • General-purpose autonomous robots
  • General Purpose Heat Source

Usage examples of "general-purpose".

It was still under warranty, and came with general-purpose and cranial blades, as well as a skull key, to nearly complete his batterie de cuisine.

That robot body is a large general-purpose model, used with various brain types and body modifications for various purposes.

They've stuck to the small general-purpose tramp and let the Swedes and the Norwegians with their big specialised bulk carriers grab the much more lucrative long-term charter business.

Next to the jet was a large sled holding a trio of weapons: one five-hundred-pound general-purpose bomb, one canister of Ml 13 napalm, and a Harpoon antiship missile that contained only a third of the high explosive normally carried in its warhead.

A parts-making facility was constructed next, followed by a parts-assembly facility, and step by step the pilot plant grew itself into a fully equipped, general-purpose factory, complete with its own control computers.

A parts-making facility was constructed next, followed by a parts-assembly facility, and step by step the pilot plant grew itself into a fully equipped, general-purpose factory, complete with its own control.

There would be scheduled maintenance monitoring, looking for fallen rocks from wall or ceiling, and unlike the waiting car the machines that did the work were smart and mobile and general-purpose.

The bit we’re carrying around in here, it’s used for loading behavior scorefiles and such, but if Hanta’s been modifying it to work as a general-purpose boot loader .

A sister ship of the Banner, the Pueblo was built in 1944 as a general-purpose supply vessel for the U.