Generator may refer to:

  • Signal generator, electronic devices that generate repeating or non-repeating electronic signals
  • Electric generator, a device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy.
  • Tidal stream generator, a machine that extracts energy from moving masses of water
  • Generator (circuit theory), an element in an abstract circuit providing a source of electricity
  • Engine-generator, an electric generator with its own engine
  • Wearable generator, a hypothetical generator that can be worn on the human body
  • Gas generator a device, often similar to a solid rocket or a liquid rocket that burns to produce large volumes of relatively cool gas
  • Motor–generator, a device for converting electrical power to another form
  • Atmospheric water generator, a device capable of extracting water from air

Mathematics

  • Generator (mathematics)
  • Generator matrix, a matrix used in coding theory
  • Generator (category theory) of a category, in category mathematics
  • Generating set of a group, group generators in abstract algebra
  • Generating set of a module, module generators in abstract algebra
  • Infinitesimal generator (stochastic processes), in stochastic analysis

Computing

  • Application generator, software that generates application programs from descriptions of the problem rather than by traditional programming
  • Generator (computer programming), a routine that acts like an iterator
  • Pseudorandom number generator, a producer of random numbers
  • Code generator, part of a compiler
  • Natural-language generator, generating natural language from a machine representation system such as a knowledge base or a logical form
  • Random test generator, used in software testing

Music

  • The Generators, a 1997 punk rock band from Los Angeles
  • Kix (band), an American glam metal band also known as The Generators
  • Generator (Bad Religion album), and the album's opening track
  • Generator (Aborym album), the fourth studio album by the Italian/Norwegian industrial black metal band Aborym
  • "Generator" (Foo Fighters song), 2000
  • "Generator" (The Holloways song), 2006
  • "Generator", a 2015 song by Doomtree from All Hands
  • "Generator", a 1995 song by Elastica from The Menace
  • "Generator", a 2007 song by Minipop from A New Hope
  • "Generator", a 2017 song by Turnstile from Time & Space
  • "Generator", a 2024 song by Justice from their album, Hyperdrama
  • Tuning generator

Politics

  • Generator Collective, American campaign group

See also

  • Gener8tor, an American venture capital firm
  • Generation (disambiguation)
  • Generate (disambiguation)
  • Regenerative heat exchanger