gen

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

gen
    n 1: informal term for information; "give me the gen on your new
         line of computers"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

-gen \-gen\ [(1) From Gr. -gen-, from the same root as ge`nos
   race, stock (see {Genus}). (2) From Gr. suffix -genh`s born.
   Cf. F. -g[`e]ne.]
   1. A suffix used in scientific words in the sense of
      producing, generating: as, amphigen, amidogen, halogen.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. A suffix meaning produced, generated; as, exogen.
      [1913 Webster]

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

gen
 /jen/, n.,v.

   Short for {generate}, used frequently in both spoken and written
   contexts.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

generate
gen

   To produce something according to an {algorithm} or program or
   set of rules, or as a (possibly unintended) {side effect} of
   the execution of an algorithm or program.

   The opposite of {parse}.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1995-06-15)

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