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A generation is "all of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively."

Generation or generations may also refer to:

Science and technology

• Generation (particle physics), a division of the elementary particles
• Generation in carrier generation and recombination, a process with mobile charge carriers (semiconductors)
• Generation in biology, a (usually multicellular) life stage, see biological life cycle
• Electricity generation
• Programming language generations, classes of a programming style's power

Books

• Generations (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics series
• Superman & Batman: Generations, a DC Comics series
• Generations (book), a 1991 analysis of Anglo-American history by William Strauss and Neil Howe
• GENERATION: 25 Years of Contemporary Art in Scotland, a series of visual arts projects, exhibitions and events
• Generations (DC Comics), a limited series from DC Comics
• The Generation: The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Communists of Poland, a 1991 book about Polish-Jewish history

Film and television

• A Generation, a 1955 Polish film directed by Andrzej Wajda
• Generation, a section of the Berlin International Film Festival comprising Generation Kplus and Generation 14plus
• Generation (2021 TV series), an American dramedy television series on HBO Max
• Generation (Canadian TV program), a Canadian current affairs television program which aired on CBC Television in 1965
• Generation (film), a 1969 film
• Generations, the second season of the American TV series Heroes
• Generations (American TV series), an American daytime soap opera that aired on NBC 1988–1991
• Generations (South African TV series), a South African soap opera that aired on SABC1 1994–2010
• Star Trek Generations, the seventh Star Trek film

Music

• Generations, a folk duo consisting of Skylar Grey and her mother

Albums

• Generation (Anarchic System album) or the title song, 1975
• Generation (Audio Bullys album) or the title song, 2005
• Generation (Dexter Gordon album), 1973
• Generation (Hal Russell album) or the title song, 1982
• Generation (Kenny Burrell album) or the title song, 1987
• Generations (Bucky Pizzarelli and John Pizzarelli album), 2007
• Generations (Gary Burton album), 2004
• Generations (Journey album), 2005
• Generations (Pepper Adams and Frank Foster album) or the title song, 1985
• Generations (Steve Wilson album), 1998
• Generations, by Will Butler, 2020

Songs

• "Generation", by Arisa Mizuki from Arisa II: Shake Your Body for Me, 1992
• "Generation", by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club from Take Them On, On Your Own, 2003
• "Generation", by Emerson Hart, theme song for the TV series American Dreams, 2002
• "Generation", by Simple Plan from Simple Plan, 2008
• "Generations" (song), by Tetsuya Kakihara, 2013
• "Generations", by Don Diablo, 2014
• "Generations", by Inspiral Carpets from Revenge of the Goldfish, 1992
• "Generations", by Sara Groves from Conversations, 2001
• Generation (Acid Angel from Asia song), 2022

Video games

• The Sims 3: Generations, a 2011 expansion pack for the video game The Sims 3
• Video game generations, in the history of video games and console technology

Other

• Generation Investment Management, a London-based asset management firm founded by Al Gore
• Generation (play), 1965 play
• Generation ship, a hypothetical type of starship that travels great distances for hundreds of years, requiring multiple generations of the occupants to complete the trip

See also

• Degeneration
• Generate (disambiguation)
• Generator (disambiguation)
• First generation (disambiguation)
• Second generation (disambiguation)
• Third generation (disambiguation)
• Fourth generation (disambiguation)
• Fifth generation (disambiguation)
• Sixth generation (disambiguation)
• Seventh generation (disambiguation)
• Life cycle (disambiguation)

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