General Purpose

Word GENERAL PURPOSE
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Definitions and meanings of "General Purpose"

What do we mean by general purpose?

Designed for or suitable to more than one use; broadly useful. adjective

For general purposes; all-purpose adjective

Not limited in use or function adjective

For general purposes; all-purpose

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The word "general-purpose" in example sentences

The only smartphone to take off as a mass-market gaming platform is the iPhone itself -- and that started life as a general-purpose device, not a miniaturized gaming console. ❋ Rob Pegoraro (2010)

AMD, which of course sells both general-purpose processors and GPUs, has been singing a less aggressive version of the same tune. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Icera, by contrast, designed more general-purpose processors that use software to handle different wireless standards. ❋ Don Clark (2011)

I suggest a 8 1/2 'to 9', 6 wt. rod for an all-around, general-purpose rod. ❋ Unknown (2009)

To find official government sites, try entering the keyword government with the name of your location in a general-purpose search engine. ❋ Marcy Phelps (2011)

She was a contemporary of Charles Babbage, who is generally credited in the history of computing with designing the first mechanical, general-purpose computer: the Analytical Engine. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This morning, Libya's domain registry posted its own response, saying that VB. ly was different from general-purpose shorteners such as bit. ly: ❋ Rob Pegoraro (2010)

She rightly saw it as what we would call a general-purpose computer. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I agree with the statement that general-purpose computers are intended for people who need them, and dedicated computers like iPhones, iPods, and iPads (and Zunes, too) are for people who need them. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In a sense artificial intelligence was thought of a bit like mathematics: the idea was to make a general-purpose thinking machine, that could start just from nothing, and learn and figure out anything, just like humans — rather than to make something that started from a large corpus of existing knowledge or methods. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But despite its success with simple e-readers, Amazon has little experience as a maker of general-purpose computing devices, and it will have to be nimble and creative to keep up with Apple and more-traditional Android rivals. ❋ Walter S. Mossberg (2011)

“Tainted Love” is my general-purpose earworm cleaner. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Intel has long believed that computers work best when they are designed with powerful general-purpose processors that do just about everything. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Mr. Sonia Herecomestheangst (sponsored by the Salmon & French Fries union) says: tombaker says: darnel buddy, sorry man. maybe try some general-purpose AOL chatrooms. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This year, analysts say such lending to the sector would rise in the form of general-purpose loans that developers can put to a variety of uses. ❋ Madhurima Nandy (2011)

I glanced down towards the opening, and saw a double silhouette: one man and a general-purpose assistant-droid. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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