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Generate

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.

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General Purpose Graphic Language General Purpose Interface Bus General Purpose Language General Purpose Macro-generator General Recursion Theorem	8250 Ada Adamakegen Adaptor addressing mode	generation Generic Array Logic Generic Expert System Tool generic identifier genericity